Samsung is officially backing the French-designed Serif TV, described by its designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, as a piece of furniture as much as a piece of technology. The sets are now available on a ‘made to measure’ basis. The design encourages the set to be used as a floor-standing unit. Looked at from the […]
Responding to recently-launched Netflix’s 4K capabilities, Telefónica’s IPTV platform Movistar Plus is launching 4K transmissions, with the first Ultra HD broadcasts of football matches from La Liga and Formula One races on the channels Canal + Liga and Canal Moto GP. Telefónica is using a bitrate three times more than in HD, with 30 Mbps […]
Satellite operator SES says it now has secured contracts for six Ultra-HD channels, five of which are already on air. CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh said: “SES has continued to be productive in Q3. SES has been first out of the starting gate in the commercial introduction of Ultra HD, building on the milestone of Europe’s […]
Sky is set to unveil its next generation Sky STB on November 18th. A cryptic invite to a product launch invites journalists to “see how we’re changing TV again”, and introduces the hashtag #SetTVFree. Tentatively dubbed “SkyQ”, the STB is reported to offer multi-screen viewing so family members can each watch different shows on varying […]
Netherland’s-based 4K newcomer Insight will launch its all-UHD service in the next few days on Russia’s Tricolor DTH platform. The channel is already broadcasting from SES Astra’s 19.2 degree orbital slot, and will shortly start transmissions over India. Insight is firmly set on an expansion curve and while CEO Mariam Zamaray says she wants the […]
Movie industry professional membership association SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) used its Annual Technical Conference (SMPTE 2015) to publish its High Dynamic Range report which encompasses the work of some 170 top experts in the field. “HDR is a rapidly emerging and much-debated technology with the capacity to make a greater impact […]
Last week, India’s Star Gold broadcast a Hindi movie, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, in Ultra-HD. The telecast was carried by the 4K channels on offer from DTH platforms Videocon d2h, TataSky and Airtel Digital TV. Star India’s EVP and GM of its Hindi movie services, Hemal Jhaveri, says the broadcaster will now air every new Hindi movie […]
PT. Graha Pratama Sejahtera (GPS), a leading system integrator based in Indonesia, has launched a bouquet of 14 television channels on AsiaSat 4 at 122ºE. The services, uplinked by GPS’s facilities in Jakarta, are distributed via AsiaSat 4 in C-band to satellite TV operators in Indonesia. With these new services, AsiaSat 4 has significantly expanded […]
Further details of the first Ultra High Definition (4K) broadcast in Turkey available to the end consumer have been revealed by partners involved in the exercise – TRT 4K – Mediapro Turkey-Turksat and Samsung. Seven Ultra HD cameras were used during the production of UEFA Europa League A Group Fenerbahçe- Ajax match on October 22. […]
AsiaSat has confirmed the launch of its first Ultra-HD television channel – 4K-SAT – at 122°E on AsiaSat 4, marking a new era for AsiaSat’s satellite broadcasting services in the region. This new UHD channel will be available free-to-air across more than 50 countries and regions within AsiaSat 4’s enormous footprint, spanning from New Zealand […]