4K take-up is gaining momentum in Spain with 10 per cent of homes now UHD-ready homes, and with 4K TV sales surpassing SD/HD this year. Additionally, an SES report by Kantar TNS predicts of 25 per cent of households will be equipped with UHD by 2020. But SES Astra has reported legal and competition constraints […]
Sky Deutschland has acquired the broadcast rights to show 25 games from this summer’s Football World Cup in Russia in UHD. The deal struck with SportA, the sports rights agency of German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, gives SkyD the exclusive right to a choice game live in UHD on all tournament days. The live […]
Content protection technology specialist ContentArmor has confirmed that its video watermarking solution is compatible with Dolby Vision HDR. ContentArmor and Dolby have collaborated to enable interoperability between both technologies, from content distribution workflows to end users’ visual experience. Forensic watermarking applications improve the ability of content owners and distributors to detect and mitigate the misuse […]
According to the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), an organisation formed to define and develop media technologies to address marketplace demand for an open standard for video compression and delivery over the web, the technical-based hurdles and data demands of higher quality video mean that the majority of users only have access to full HD […]
Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp (B-SAT) is ordering a new satellite – BSAT 4b – from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) that will help carry ‘Super Hi-Vision’ DTH signals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. “We are honoured to provide a second satellite to B-SAT that will help ensure high-quality distribution of the 2020 Olympic Games,” said […]
New Zealand open access Internet network provider Chorus is undertaking a proof of concept trial using its fibre network to provide a direct broadcasting service to consumers’ homes. The service would run in parallel to any broadband service also provided over the fibre, using a second port on the Optical Network Terminal installed in homes, […]
The UEFA Champions League encounter on Wednesday March 7th between Tottenham Hotspur and Juventus gave BT Sport the opportunity to showcase the world’s first broadcast of a UEFA Champions League game in High Definition HDR direct to mobile. The live trial took place at Wembley Stadium, broadcasting to a beta version of the BT Sport […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK is set to showcase some of its 8K programming at the ‘South by South West’ (SXSW) show in Austin, Texas (March 13th – 15th). NHK is equipping a dedicated theatre along with a 200” cinema screen, and onto which it will project some of its latest music content. Audio is not […]
Although Liberty Media’s first year as owner of Formula 1 saw 2017 season audience figures increase across TV and digital platforms, with 352 million unique TV viewers across all F1 programming, it revealed in its Q4 and Full Year 2017 results that revenue from activities other than race promotion fees, broadcasting fees and advertising and […]
Digital media software and services specialist RealNetworks has entered the next phase of its strategic partnership with China International Broadcasting Network (CIBN) OTT TV. CIBN OTT TV will launch a commercial trial of RealNetworks’ next-generation codec, RealMedia HD, on its over-the-top (OTT) HD VIDEO app and Stars China mobile app, China TV. CIBN OTT TV […]