Canadian communications and media company Rogers, the US National Basketball Association and UK broadcaster BT Sport are set to deliver the first live NBA game in 4K. Rogers’ Sportsnet brings Canadians the Toronto Raptors vs. the Orlando Magic on January 14th, live from The O2 Arena in London. Rogers’ cable customers can tune their NextBox […]
Satellite operator SES says its channel growth has exploded over the past year, rising by 11.3 per cent. It is now carrying 7,268 channels and says its strongest growth “is in emerging markets”. Growth is also occurring in HDTV broadcasting, and SES says that its Ultra-HD confirmed channel count now amounts to seven channels with […]
A senior representative of US consumer body Consumer Reports has questioned the need for television manufacturers to showcase 8K sets at the recent CES 2016 show in Las Vegas at a time when industry has taken great strides in raising public awareness of 4K/UHD. Writing on consumerreports.org, Glenn Derene, Director of Content Development, noted that […]
Last week at the Las Vegas CES show Panasonic unveiled an impressive addition to its Ultra-HD line-up of 4K models, a LCD unit (branded the DX900 model) described as the world’s first ‘Ultra HD Premium’ displays. The units will be available in 58” and 65” versions. Not to be undone, Samsung and LG also cite […]
Indian DTH pay-TV giant Videocon d2h is re-working how it supplies Ultra HD programming to consumers. “Our focus is on creating the highest-quality consumer experience possible. We will be focusing on providing a variety of content as the demand for 4K UHD content continues to increase and evolve. Our new 4K UHD content is another […]
With its first live over-the-air broadcast of 4K Ultra HD TV with high dynamic range (HDR) using the new ATSC 3.0 Candidate Standard, digital television pioneer LG Electronics (LG) is ushering in the era of next-generation television broadcasting at CES 2016. The landmark broadcast, from Las Vegas station KHMP-TV’s transmitter on Nevada’s Black Mountain, is […]
Dolby Laboratories, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) have announced a collaboration to release SPHE titles in Dolby Atmos over the coming years, including SPHE’s first films to be released in the 4K Ultra HD disc format. Dolby Atmos delivers audio that places and moves specific sounds anywhere in the room, including overhead, to bring […]
Noting CES 2016 announcements that Samsung, LG, Sony and Panasonic TVs will all be adopting High Dynamic Range (HDR), Paolo Pescatore, Director, Multiplay and Media at CCS Insight, has suggested that there is still a distinct lack of 4K content on the market and has called on content and media owners to support HDR. “Unsurprisingly […]
A European consumer survey examining 4K consumer adoption and preferences revealed by Parks Associates at CES 2016 suggests that some 17 per cent of broadband households in the UK, France, Germany, and Spain are planning to buy a flat-panel TV in the next 12 months and over 50 per cent consider 4K an important or […]
Dish Network issued a slew of high-profile press releases late in the evening of January 5th – timed to maximise their impact for the CES show in Las Vegas. The headlines are: • A new DVR, its ‘Hopper 3’ with 16 separate tuners, and 4K content that it can feed to the rest of the […]