Video delivery technology and services specialist Harmonic has declared itself well- placed to work with its broadcaster customers seeking to offer OTT services in addition to their linear services. Outlining the company’s product and service launches at a pre-IBC briefing, Andy Warman, Director of Market Development, suggested that Harmonic was leading the OTT charge, in […]
Bulgaria Sat, a content provider in the Balkans, has selected Ericsson to deliver media processing hardware which will help deliver SD, HD and 4K channels to TV subscribers across the region. As part of the deal, Ericsson will deliver its AVP 4000 system encoders to Bulgaria Sat, an affiliate of Bulsatcom, 56 High Definition MPEG-4 […]
Digital media systems integrator VIDELIO has launched the 4K and IP Academy in partnership with vendors Cisco and EVS. The training programmes are specifically designed with engineers, broadcasters, and media professionals in mind. The goal is to help organisations transition from legacy Serial Digital Interface (SDI) networks to next generation IP-based broadcast infrastructure. “We are […]
Amid the fanfare of the release of updated iPhones, Apple’s launch event also included the introduction of the new Apple TV 4K designed to deliver what the tech giant calls “a stunning cinematic experience at home”. With Apple TV 4K, viewers can enjoy a growing selection of 4K HDR movies on iTunes. iTunes users will […]
HEVC Advance, an independent licensing administrator, has confirmed that Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) of the Republic of Korea has become a Licensor of the HEVC Advance HEVC/H.265 Licensing Programme. As a Licensor, ETRI will make its essential patents available through the HEVC Advance patent pool, which provides a transparent and efficient licensing programme […]
SFR Sport 4K is now available for the first time in UHD via the SFR Sport app, available on all Samsung Tizen TVs. Samsung Smart TVs now allow live content to be streamed OTT in UHD without a set-top box or additional equipment. According to Samsung, the move with SFR Sport marks a new television […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV platform Freesat is seeking proposals from manufacturers to develop a set-top box for its next generation consumer product. The new product will give manufacturers a significant opportunity to develop a new range of innovative set-top-boxes at scale for subscription-free satellite TV customers across the UK. The product requirements will be based […]
Samsung Electronics America has announced an exclusive US marketing and retail partnership with Xbox to utilise Samsung’s lineup of QLED TVs as the official 4K TV partner for the Xbox One X. The partnership kicked off at E3 2017 in June as attendees experienced, for the first time ever, true 4K HDR gaming on Xbox […]
Telco-focused entertainment solution provider Netgem has been selected by fibre optic telco ZEOP, a growing triple-play operator in the Indian Ocean, to deploy a 4K TV service to its customers on the island of Réunion. This agreement extends a long-standing partnership between the two companies to provide a TV solution as part of the operator’s […]
20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics have forged a new partnership to create an open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR) through an associated certification and logo programme, tentatively called HDR10+. Together, the three companies will form a licensing entity that will begin licensing the HDR10+ platform in January 2018. […]