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Love Nature 4K on Uсom in Armenia

Love Nature 4K has become available to Uсom subscribers in Armenia. Love Nature TV channel in the 4K format is now available on button 60 to all the viewers of the Ucom TV service on demand.In Russia and the CIS countries, the channel is distributed by THEMA RUS, a Canal+ International group company. “We are […]

December 22, 2021

Entclick VoD relaunches, powered by Redge Media

The classic movie VoD service Entclick has relaunched on a new platform powered by Redge Media. It features a modern look and feel, and an intuitive user interface. It is multiscreen, including Connected TVs. The content is available in 4K and in a fully secured manner. Redge Media has served for this end-to-end deployment, including […]

December 21, 2021

EKTRA selects CommScope’s home networks

CommScope, a global player in home network solutions, has partnered with EKTRA to provide its Balticum TV customers in Lithuania with the VIP7100 UHD set top solution. The VIP7100 is an interactive IP set top powered by the Android TV operating system (OS) and allows subscribers to enable both linear TV and various OTT streaming […]

December 21, 2021

Insight TV 4K streaming service on Comcast’s Xfinity, XClass TV

Insight TV has announced the launch of Insight TV 4K across Comcast’s entertainment platforms in the US, including Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex and the company’s new XClass TV. The service features some of Insight TV’s most popular titles including Close Proximity, Epic Exploring and King of the Hammers. Insight TV 4K is the first full […]

December 16, 2021

Forecast: 4K TV market to grow 15% CAGR

Helped by strong international growth, especially in China, Japan and South Korea, the 4K TV market by valuation is forecast to expand by $56.99 billion (€50.5bn) at a CAGR of 15 per cent CAGR in the period 2020-2025, according to market research from Technavio. However , as recognised by other researchers, the lack of viewable […]

December 13, 2021By Chris Forrester

Google Stadia on LG Smart TVs

LG Electronics has announces the availability of Google’s cloud gaming service Stadia on its Smart TVs running webOS 5.0 and webOS 6.0 in twenty-two countries. The Stadia store features over 200 popular games such as Cyberpunk 2077, Resident Evil Village, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Hitman 3, Baldur’s Gate 3 as well as access to a growing […]

December 8, 2021

FunBox UHD extends deal with Swisscom blue TV

Global media company SPI/FilmBox has announced the extension of the distribution deal with Swiss telco Swisscom for SPI’s 4K/UHD lifestyle channel, FunBox UHD, which features hundreds of hours of UHD programming on culture, travel, lifestyle, art, music and more. The channel will continue to be available via Swisscom’s blue TV service with German and English […]

December 8, 2021

Sunrise UPC expands 4K gaming via 5G

Sunrise UPC, the Swiss telcom, has launched its cloud gaming service with 4K resolution via 5G, for iOS (iPhone, iPads) and MacOS devices (MacBooks, iMacs, etc.). Over 100 games are now available via 5G or Wi-Fi on almost all mobile devices and – also new – directly on all Samsung smart TV models. Two new […]

December 6, 2021

WhatCulture YouTube channels and podcasts powered by Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design has announced that international entertainment portal WhatCulture has equipped five new studios with a streaming and web broadcast workflow based on the Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro and ATEM Mini Extreme ISO. Reaching more than seven million subscribers a month, the media production company’s workflow also uses the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pros […]

December 3, 2021

DivX sues TCL over streaming patents

Chinese television manufacturer TCL is being sued by DivX over alleged patent violations.  The action has been lodged at the US International Trade Commission in Washington, DC. DivX owns numerous patents focused on video codecs and including MPEG-4 Part II, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and HEVC Ultra HD codec. The case specifically refers to TCL’s 43” Class-4 […]

December 1, 2021By Chris Forrester