Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has unveiled a prototype 4K/8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ Ultra-HD cable decoder box. The box is being showcased at the giant CEATEC Japan technology show (October 4th – 7th). The set-top box has been developed in conjunction with KDDI, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Digital Serve Corp. NHK has been test-transmitting 4K content […]
ICT solutions provider Huawei has released VideoSense, what it says is first video experience visualisation management solution, marking a shift from KPI-centric passive network Operations and Maintenance (O&M) to user experience-centric proactive network management. It is designed to deliver video experience with visualised, manageable, and optimisable features to help operators achieve business success in the […]
Telefónica will rely on the development of 4K to increase its subscriber basis with the aim of reaching up to 1 million 4K subs by 2018. To this end, the company intends boost the purchase of 4K TV sets among its subscribers through agreements with the main electronic manufacturers and the manufacture of its own […]
If I had to choose an industry not to be in as the digital world looms larger than ever, I might well choose printing (which reminds me: read the Sep/Oct issue of Euromedia here). In 2016, it is a savagely tough way to make a living. But not all that far behind on your list […]
Google is reportedly prepping to launch a 4K version of Chromecast. The ‘Chromecast Ultra’ device would bring 4K and HDR support to the streaming media device, and is already rumoured to cost double what the Chromecast currently costs. Google is planning a major event on October 4th, when such a device would likely be unveiled.
SFR Group is launching its new UHD sport channel SFR Sport 4K with the transmission of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford on September 24th. The new channel, included in the SFR Sport bundle, will also show the Premiership rugby match Northampton v Wasps and more Premier League […]
Consumer take-up of 4K Ultra HD TV sets is happening at a faster rate than was the case for HD, according to Gary Shapiro, President of the Consumer Technology Association. Speaking at the Welcome To The Future! Event in San Francisco, Shapiro told delegates that 4K Ultra HDs make up nearly 50 per cent of […]
Data from Juniper Research has found that 4K OTT content will finally see mass-market appeal, with adoption set to soar over the next five years. Juniper’s research, Digital TV & Video: Network and OTT Strategies 2016-2021, found that 4K OTT services will attract over 189 million unique users globally by 2021, up from just 2.3 […]
Data from Juniper Research has found that revenues from SVoD services, such as Netflix and Amazon, are set to more than double from $14.6 billion (€13bn) this year, to $34.6 billion in 2021. Netflix now sees US subscriber numbers level with leading network providers DirecTV and Comcast (47 million and 47.7 million respectively). Juniper’s research, […]
Three-dimensional TV has nothing to do with 3D TV, now largely discounted as yesterday’s technology. But Japan’s NHK public broadcaster is actively looking at holographic television as its next step to follow on from ‘Super Hi-Vision’, its 8K transmission system which starts broadcasting in 2018. 8K/Super Hi-Vision is being developed in time for the 2020 […]