Reed MIDEM has revealed highlights of an extensive 4K Ultra HD programme at MIPTV which takes place in Cannes, France, from April 4th – 7th. The content-rich programme with full 4K projection, includes 12 conference sessions and a keynote speech on April 5th delivered by Bill Baggelaar, Senior VP Technology, Sony Pictures Entertainment. Bill Baggelaar […]
UK spectrum regulator Ofcom is examining future demand for satellite bandwidth over the UK in a new Space Spectrum Strategy consultation document issued March 1st (and which closes for comments on May 10th this year). One of its key findings, which is open to comment, is that it sees there being enough satellite spectrum – […]
Netflix has been streaming 4K content since April 2014 and when actual 4K content was extremely thin on the ground. Happily there are now plenty of consumers with Ultra-HD (UHD) displays and last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona saw one of its VP/interface innovation, Chris Jaffe, promise delegates that there would be plenty of […]
SPI International, the global pay-TV operator and content aggregator, which broadcasts general entertainment channel FUNBOX 4K/UHD, has acquired native 4K productions from UMAX and AVA, Korea’s top 4K content suppliers. The deal will boost SPI International’s growing 4K catalogue and will include six features shot in native 4K. Among the acquired titles there is The […]
ATEME has announced a new high video quality and high density 4K and HD transcoding solution in partnership with Dell and Intel. This solution brings together ATEME’s video compression skills, Intel’s Visual Compute Accelerator (VCA) PCIe card, and Dell’s optimised hardware, delivering 200 HD channels with premium video quality in a 1RU server, with 5W […]
Blue Skye Entertainment, a Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks joint venture, has launched its new, direct-to-consumer Love Nature 4K SVoD service in 32 countries worldwide, including UK, Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand and Switzerland. On Love Nature, subscribers will enjoy a robust library of documentaries, series, featured themes and exclusive natural history scenes updated […]
TP Vision – which is licensed to manufacture Philips-branded TV sets in a number of territories – will continue to exhibit its long term policy of moving the company’s current top PQ processing technology from hi-end sets into the following year’s mid-range models with the introduction of the first-half 2016 product range. HDR performance will […]
Advantech and Vantrix have announced that the Advantech VEGA-3300 4K Live HEVC Encoding Accelerator has been integrated into the Vantrix Media Platform, bringing the benefits of low power broadcast quality HEVC live compression into high density multiscreen applications. “The powerful combination of Advantech and Vantrix technology brings more efficient broadcast quality HEVC live encoding to […]
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications says the country is likely to have between 19 and 22 4K channels on air by 2018. Some Japanese broadcasters, notably JSAT’s SkyPerfecTV, are already transmitting UHD programming. The Ministry says that these 4K channels are a precursor to the even higher quality 8K ‘Super Hi Vision’ broadcasts […]
Cable MSO Liberty Global has no immediate plans to introduce 4K services on its networks, although it has confirmed that deployed set-top boxes would be 4K-capable. The remarks came during Liberty Global’s Q4 2015 Results Earnings Call, when CEO Mike Fries said that in terms of video pricing, he didn’t know whether 4K was going […]