Jamie Hindhaugh, COO of BT Sport, has suggested that the UK is way ahead of the rest of the world with its ambition in live sports production, in particular, enabling the telco better to engage with its viewers and demonstrate to its rights-holder partners the value it is delivering. Delivering a keynote address at the […]
Insight TV, a producer and broadcaster of adventure travel and extreme sports genres in true 4K, has agreed a distribution deal with German DTT transmitter network operator Media Broadcast. The deal sees Insight TV’s HD channel distributed on Media Broadcast’s recently launched HbbTV service freenet TV connect, which is available over the DVB-T2 HD freenet […]
Interviewed on CNBC to coincide with the seasonal launch of House of Cards, Netflix Founder and CEO Reed Hastings has described the Trump administration’s proposed repeal of the FCC’s ‘Open Internet’ network neutrality rules as “unfortunate”, accepting that it was probably going to happen, but that it wouldn’t be a big deal. Responding to suggestions […]
Atresmedia, operator of Antena 3 and La Sexta among others, will broadcast the final of the Champions League between Real Madrid and Juventus in 4K and free-to-air via streaming and DTT. The company has reached an agreement with Cellnex to broadcast the match in three Spanish cities – Madrid, Barcelona and Seville – with a […]
ICT specialist Huawei has released its 4K video network solution for multiple system operators (MSOs), at ANGA COM 2017 in Cologne, demonstrating 4K video, 4K multi-screen TV, and converged video delivery of traditional CATV and IPTV based on hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) networks. The solution is aimed at supporting MSOs in realising their all-IP video evolution. […]
Smartphones are now in 80 per cent of US homes – a six percentage point increase year-over-year (YOY) – and US consumers now own 27 million more smartphones than they did just last year, according to research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Furthermore, CTA’s research analysis shows 16 per cent of US households now […]
High dynamic range (HDR) features will be on some HD television sets and help boost 4K’s momentum. ABI Research forecasts that HDR TV shipments will grow at a 41 per cent CAGR and reach 245 million units in 2022. 8K TV sets are still years away from permeating the global market, with market hype currently […]
4K TV sales are poised to grow by a further 38 per cent in 2017 to account for more than a third of the worldwide TV market, according to latest projections from Futuresource Consulting. This comes in the wake of a strong performance in 2016 when 4K surpassed 25 per cent of total TV sales, […]
SPI International has launched FunBox UHD on Vodafone TV in Spain. The global general entertainment channel carries a mix of native Ultra HD documentaries, performing arts programming, extreme adventure / lifestyle content as well as movies and TV series. “SPI is focusing on making as much native Ultra HD content as possible available via this […]
Sky Arts will broadcast a major music festival live and in Ultra HD for first time next month. The channel will be the exclusive home to the 2017 Isle of Wight festival, with coverage from headline acts including Rod Stewart, Run DMC and Arcade Fire. Once live coverage of the festival begins on June 9th, […]