Advanced Television

Ultra-HD/4K

Mediaset 4K channel for Champions League final

Italian pay-TV broadcaster Mediaset Premium is to launch the country’s first sports channel in Ultra HD technology. Mediaset Premium Sport 4K will be available on the Mediaset 1 DTT multiplex (channel 391) and will officially launch on May 28th, with a live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League final in Milan between Real Madrid and […]

May 17, 2016From Branislav Pekic in Rome

AsiaSat’s 4K-SAT to broadcast 4KUNIVERSE

4KUNIVERSE, a new general UHD entertainment channel, will be available on AsiaSat’s UHD channel ‘4K-SAT’ in mid-May on AsiaSat 4, bringing to Asian viewers movies, TV series, documentaries and LIVE sports filmed in 4K resolution. “Having AsiaSat as our strategic partner, we are able to demonstrate our high quality, compelling UHD content to the largest […]

May 17, 2016

Portuguese pay-TV operators bet on 4K

Portuguese pay-TV operators MEO (Portugal Telecom), Vodafone Portugal and NOS are focusing on Ultra HD technology, which provides four times higher image quality than Full HD. Ultra HD content is already available with all operators, while MEO is the first to provide a 4K set-top box, certified by Mediaroom, to its fibre customers for €5.50. […]

May 16, 2016By Branislav Pekic in Rome

New 4K channel from Vivicast/Clubbing TV

Viewers in the Americas and Caribbean can watch C4K360 (‘Clubbing 4K 360’) a new, music-based 4K network – and concept – from distributor Vivicast Media and from the creators of Clubbing TV. C4K360 says it brings “high energy, live DJ sets and concerts” all shot in native 4K “from the most prestigious clubs and electronic […]

May 16, 2016By Chris Forrester

MTG launches first Nordic UHD channel

MTG’s pay-TV operator Viasat is further enhancing its premium sports offering by providing customers with an even better viewing experience. Viasat Ultra HD will be the Nordic region’s first ever TV channel with Ultra HD content, and be launched when the next sports seasons kick off this autumn. The channel will provide customers with events […]

May 13, 2016

SES to broadcast Viasat Ultra HD

Satellite operator SES confirmed that Viasat will use SES capacity to broadcast Viasat Ultra HD in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland via SES-5 at 5 degrees East. With the addition of Viasat Ultra HD, SES will broadcast a total of 24 Ultra HD channels (including test channels and regional versions), representing 46 per cent of […]

May 13, 2016

Chile: Claro, Harmonic UHD demo channel

Claro Chile, a subsidiary of America Movil, the third largest telecommunications operator in the world and the largest in Latin America, and Harmonic, an expert in video delivery infrastructure, have announced that they will demonstrate end-to-end Ultra HD delivery via Claro Chile’s distribution network. Over the next few months, Claro Chile will showcase UHD images […]

May 13, 2016

Funbox 4K/UHD channel for Luxembourg

SPI International has launched Funbox 4K/UHD on PostTV in Luxembourg, which currently has over 40,000 IPTV subscribers in a market out of about 200,000 homes. Funbox 4K/UHD is a premium, general entertainment TV channel which airs a mix of native 4K documentaries, performing arts programming, extreme adventure content as well as movies and TV series. The channel […]

May 13, 2016

M6 brings 4K and AR to Euro 2016

Three of the eleven football matches M6 will broadcast during this summer’s Euro 2016 tournament in France will be shot in 4K and delivered to Orange fibre subscribers. RTL Group’ s French channel, which promises a “high tech and connected Euro”, will also introduce other technological and digital innovations to its football dedicated programming, including […]

May 12, 2016From Paoli-Lebailly Pascale in Paris

Samsung Blu-ray UHD Alliance certified

Samsung Electronics has confirmed that its UBD-K8500 Ultra HD Blu-ray player has been certified as ‘UHD Premium’ by the UHD Alliance (UHDA). Now a part of Samsung’s total UHD ecosystem, the UBD-K8500 joins the 2016 Samsung SUHD TV lineup in UHDA Premium Certifications. The UHDA announced mid-April 2016 that it was adding Blu-ray players to […]

May 6, 2016