German commercial TV channel RTL Nitro has produced three episodes of its car show Nitro Autoquartett in Ultra HD resolution.
Viaccess-Orca secures new Orange France UHD STB
Viaccess-Orca’s Adaptive Sentinel dual card and cardless conditional access system has been selected by Orange for its new Ultra HD set-top box in France.
ZDF selects Eutelsat for Ultra HD debut
Eutelsat will show the first documentary German public broadcaster ZDF has produced in Ultra HD exclusively via satellite.
Ultra HD on growth course in Germany
A quarter (25%) of the 3.3 million TV sets sold in Germany in the first half of 2016 were Ultra HD sets.
AB Groupe selects Ericsson for France’s first UHD channel
Ericsson has signed an exclusive multi-year broadcast and media services contract with AB Groupe, an independent provider of thematic channels in France.
SPI in Slovak Ultra HD trial
The Slovak national transmission company Towercom has begun trialing the SPI International channel FunBox 4K on its DVB-T network.
SPI expands in Turkey
SPI International has launched its Funbox 4K/UHD channel, along with five HD services, on Turkey’s Turkcell.
Sky Deutschland’s UHD channels to launch on Astra
Satellite operator SES will distribute the two Ultra HD channels German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will launch in autumn 2016 for DTH households on Astra (19.2 degrees East).
Arte to show concerts and ballet in Ultra HD
European cultural channel Arte will expand its Ultra HD activities and show four concerts and a ballet in the new video format at the occasion of IFA Berlin on September […]
Bundesliga to start UHD live coverage
Germany’s national football association Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) will provide Bundesliga live games in Ultra HD from autumn 2016 for the first time.