Advanced Television

Ultra-HD/4K

NHK to capture Winter Paralympics in 8K

Japanese public broadcaster NHK says it will cover the Winter Paralympics for the first time with live transmissions. The live broadcasts from PyeongChang will begin on March 9th (until 18th) and include the opening ceremony and will be carried on NHK’s Educational TV Channel. Highlights will also be shown at 10pm in a dedicated programme. […]

January 12, 2018By Chris Forrester

NBCU Olympics coverage 4K HDR

NBC Universal will be offering coverage of Winter Olympic games in PyeongChang, South Korea in 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR). “The Olympics has always been a platform for the introduction of new broadcast technology”, said Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics. “The availability of 4K High Dynamic Range coverage of Olympic ceremonies and competitions through our […]

January 12, 2018

LG confirms ATSC 3.0 Korea 4K TVs

LG Electronics, co-developer of the ATSC 3.0 next-generation television broadcast standard, has confirmed that all LG 4K Ultra HD TVs now on the market in South Korea already incorporate ATSC 3.0 tuning circuitry. At CES 2018 in Las Vegas, where the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) officially released the new suite of standards, LG announced […]

January 11, 2018

Vivicast: “Prepare for 4K/HDR”

While CES very much focuses on the hardware needed to best display 4K (and perhaps even 8K) content, the production end of the value chain is also looking to boost availability of 4K programming. Stuart Smitherman, president of Vivicast Media, says that a year or so ago Ultra HD was very much about scenic landscapes […]

January 11, 2018By Chris Forrester

CTA: Tech industry revenue to reach $351bn in 2018

Excitement about emerging technologies and the resilience of historically leading categories will drive the US consumer technology industry to a record-breaking $351 billion in retail revenues ($266 billion wholesale) in 2018 – 3.9 per cent higher than 2017, according to research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The latest edition of CTA’s semi-annual industry report, […]

January 10, 2018

Momentum grows for HDR10+

20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics have announced updates to the associated certification and logo programme for the open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR), called HDR10+ which they initially announced in September 2017 at IFA. The HDR10+ platform will soon be made available to content companies, ultra-high definition TVs, […]

January 8, 2018

Samsung stuns CES with The Wall

Amongst the slew of giant screens, all Ultra-HD and usually HDR or Dolby Vision-equipped, few expected South Korean electronics giant Samsung to do much at CES 2018  that was truly spectacular. But it managed to pull a massive rabbit out of its box of tricks and showcased a truly exciting development for TV – and […]

January 8, 2018By Chris Forrester

Technicolor HDR for Philips TVs

Funai Electric, the exclusive North American licensee for Philips consumer televisions and home video products, has confirmed that Technicolor HDR will be integrated into US market 2019 Philips televisions in conjunction with the launch of the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard. Work is underway to include HDR in the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard, expected to be […]

January 8, 2018

DTC Domo, VideoSys complete live 4K over RF

DTC Domo Broadcast and VideoSys Broadcast teamed up to provide Arena TV with the first ultra-low delay wireless 4K camera transmitter system to be used for a live broadcast. On December 2nd, Arena TV deployed Domo Broadcast’s AEON 4K transmitter (AEON-TX) coupled with a camera control and fibre system designed and provided by VideoSys to […]

January 5, 2018

AI boost for LG TVs

At CES 2018 – the world’s largest consumer electronics show – LG Electronics (LG) says it will raise the home entertainment experience to another level with the introduction of ThinQ artificial intelligence (AI) and an advanced image processor in its newest OLED and SUPER UHD TVs. ThinQ allows the implementation of hundreds of voice requests […]

January 3, 2018