Samsung Electronics has announced that it has ranked as the world’s No.1 TV brand for the 20th consecutive year, based on revenue share. Samsung had held the top position in the global TV market since 2006, and, according to market research firm Omdia, the company recorded a 29.1 per cent share of the global TV […]
The market – and in particular buyers of very high-end television sets – has not taken to 8K devices. However, a report from analysts at SAC Insight suggests that the market is in a transition phase. The SAC study, Super Hi-Vision Market: 2026-2033, updates the current state of the market and suggests that there’s still […]
Ookla, a specialist in connectivity intelligence, and Ericsson, the communications technology giant, have demonstrated a solution allowing users to measure and validate 5G network slicing performance. The companies say this collaboration marks a milestone in the 5G-Advanced era, providing a way to validate the Quality of Experience (QoE) essential for the next generation of mobile […]
LG has joined the likes of Sony and TCL in exiting the 8K TV market. Sony, to its credit, pushed 8K programming and television technology as hard as it could. From sponsoring and backing 4K and then 8K technologies at the MIP and MIPCOM programming markets, the Japanese technology giant echoed the NHK public broadcaster […]
As Centre Pompidou prepares to close its doors for a renovation, Samsung Art Store and Centre Pompidou gave announced a partnership that will bring 25 masterpieces from the museum’s collection into homes around the world. From November, users of Samsung Art TVs will be able to display a curated selection of works spanning more than […]
A report from SAC Insight looks in detail as the prospects for ‘Super Hi-Vision’ and its potential for adoption by consumers. This report estimates the market size of Super Hi-Vision over the period of 2020 to 2035. They suggest that these well-specified TV sets will enjoy a CAGR of between $11.7 billion – $13.74 billion […]
A spectacular marine documentary, captured in 8K UHD by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, has won an IBC Innovation Award at the 2025 event. NHK’s Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth, which successfully filmed the world’s-first video images of a group of coelacanths and their behaviour indicative of reproduction using 8K HDR and 22.2 multichannel surround […]
Japanese public broadcaster NHK is currently the only TV broadcaster transmitting 8K material. It transmits 8K on its BS8K satellite service which launched with much fanfare on December 1st 2018. NHK calls its 8K transmissions as ‘Super Hi-Vision’. Now, despite a slow take-up of the formate, Warner Bros has scanned a selection of classic movies […]
Clint Eastwood’s Malpaso production house is scanning the 35mm version of the classic Dirty Harry movie into 8K. There will be dedicated screening of the classic detective drama at the Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival, commencing on February 13th. Eastwood, writing on X, said the screening will utilise an 8K scan of the original […]
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has linked six universities, including Harvard in the US and five prestigious Japanese universities, to enable some 150 students and their professors to examine in fascinating 8K Ultra High-Definition detail a tiny national treasure from Horyuji Temple, Japan’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. The treasure, along with another 11 extremely special […]