Malaysian digital media company Astro is claiming an historic milestone with the August 12th launch of the nation’s first live 4K UHD broadcast, showcasing two live English Premier League games – Liverpool vs West Ham and Arsenal vs Man City – for football fans at its partner food & beverage (F&B) outlet, Souled Out. The […]
Premium television network EPIX has confirmed that pay-TV platform DISH and Layer3 TV, a T-Mobile Company, are its first partners to roll out EPIX’s new 4K Ultra HD offering. Now, EPIX subscribers on DISH and Layer3 TV will have access to a VoD package of 4K Ultra HD content directly on their set-top boxes. Additionally, […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will be leading trials with several EBU Members and industry partners of production workflows to shoot, process, record, and distribute live Ultra High Definition (UHD) content, with High Frame Rates (HFR), High Dynamic Range (HDR), and Next Generation Audio (NGA), at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin. The event […]
India’s fast-expanding all-4K channel, Travelxp has launched on Canada’s TELUS Optik TV system, and with its content in the improved ‘better pixel’ High Dynamic Range (HDR) method. Prashant Chothani, CEO Travelxp, said, “We are delighted to launch Travelxp 4K as the first 4K HDR channel of Canada on the reputed TELUS Optik TV platform. Canada […]
Following the BBC’s Ultra HD trials this summer, the Corporation has revealed that BBC iPlayer received over 1.6 million requests for its live Ultra HD coverage of the World Cup and Wimbledon. The trial successfully delivered all 29 BBC One World Cup games and every Centre Court match at Wimbledon – all live in Ultra […]
It is well-known that Japan has made a considerable commitment to produce its Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 8K, at least for viewers in Japan. Now it has emerged that the 2022 Winter Games, scheduled for Beijing (February 2022), will also be dominated by 8K coverage, according to sources speaking at the recent Insight Media event […]
On July 22nd, German broadcast group ProSieben’s will air an episode of science programme Galileo Spezial in UHD for the first time. Viewers with a compatible TV set can watch the broadcast on the channel UHD1 by HD+ via satellite in parallel with the broadcast in HD and SD – and the episode will be unencrypted. […]
From July 30th, UK multiplay operator Virgin Media will be adding the BT Sport 4K UHD channel to its top TV bundles at no extra cost. The move follows Virgin Media reaching a new multi-year agreement to continue bringing all of the sporting action from BT Sport to Virgin TV. This includes all 351 UEFA […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media will be giving its customers the opportunity to watch the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s finals from the Championships at Wimbledon in 4K Ultra High Definition through Eurosport. Virgin TV customers with a V6 TV box will be able to watch both finals in Ultra High Definition for the very first time. […]
Jamie Hindhaugh, COO of BT Sport, has suggested that object-based delivery will be the next major initiative as the broadcaster continues to innovate in its goal of putting the customer at the heart of sport. Delivering a keynote address at the Love Broadcasting Summit in London, Hindhaugh noted BT’s previous initiatives in sports coverage, such […]