Pre-Christmas sales of UHD-compatible TVs look set to be boosted with the agreement of a new partnership between LG Electronics and Sky. From today, anyone purchasing an LG OLED 4K TV or Super UHD TV will receive Sky Q included for either 12 or six months when joining with the Original Bundle from now until […]
LG Electronics has confirmed that owners of 2016 LG Smart TVs, will be able to take full advantage of Freeview Play functionality by scrolling back through their TV guide to enjoy shows from the last seven days. In addition, entertainment services from UKTV Play and STV will also join the range of catch up services […]
In what has been described as “a defining moment” for the future of television in the US, a local TV station in Cleveland is ushering in the era of Next Gen TV broadcasting with the first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major professional sporting event – Major League Baseball’s World Series. Using the newly-standardised […]
Amsterdam-based factual entertainment channel INsightTV is launching in Ultra-HD over North America. INsight TV is the latest in a series of channels to join SES’s 4K Ultra HD distribution neighbourhood aboard their satellites (SES-1, SES-3 and AMC-18) located at the centre of the orbital arc over the region. INsight TV launched in Europe in UHD […]
Last week the BBC’s Mike Gunton (Creative Director/BBC Natural History Unit) and Andy King (its outgoing Head of Technology/Television Productions), speaking to advanced-television.com at the MIPCOM programming market, said that the BBC was now working hard to get its Ultra-HD productions out to the consumer. King said that high-profile shows, such as the upcoming Planet […]
Paris-based ClubbingTV is about to shift to Ultra-HD and launch two linear channels in UHD. One service will be provided on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite over Europe, while the other will be hosted by SES for North American distribution. The channels go ‘live’ on November 1st in UHD. The channel is widely distributed on French […]
Global technology company LeEco has launched what it describes as its “disruptive” ecosystem model in the US, which aims to break boundaries between screens to deliver content and services seamlessly on a wide array of connected smart devices – including smartphones, TVs, smart bikes, virtual reality and electric self-driving vehicles. The company has unveiled its […]
Kelly Holland, CEO of Penthouse Global Media, talks to Advanced Television at MipCom about Penthouse TV’s commitment to 4K UHD, looks ahead to it’s plans for streaming TV, and says it will shoot and broadcast in Virtual Reality as soon as the platforms are able to deliver it effectively. [bitsontherun AefexJcX-hLYU43gg]
Florian Edenberger of RedBull Media says shooting in UHD is a choice made in the context of the subject matter; if it is fast and colourful, do it if you can, but you also have to weigh the logistic challenges of taking the equipment and recovering the data in some of the extreme environments they […]
Michael Gunton , Creative Director BBC Natural History Unit, talks about the widened palette of creative options offered by shooting in the wild with 4k UHD HDR. The evidence is in the just released Planet Earth II where new standards of immersion are set as the production teams interact with animals from the largest to […]