By 2023, nearly 300 ultraHD (or 4K) TV channels will be broadcast globally by DTH operators, predicts NSR.
Measat & Newtec in DVB-S2X UHD first
The world premiere of a 4K Ultra High Definition video transmission over satellite using the new DVB-S2X transmission standard is to take place at the CommunicAsia show (June 17-20, 2014).
Kansai TV tests ISDB-T broadcast in 4K/HEVC
Kansai TV, a commercial broadcaster in Osaka, Japan, has used Elemental video processing to encode 4K content in HEVC for terrestrial broadcast delivery over ISDB-T to an Ultra HD TV.
4K Smash for French Open
Yet another 4K first, this time it is the first live 4K broadcast over Digital Terrestrial, in this case TDF’s French DVB-T2 network carrying the country’s TNT service. And compressed […]
Eutelsat steps up Ultra HD activity
Eutelsat Communications is scaling up its Ultra HD activity with the launch of Europe’s first demo channel encoded in HEVC and broadcasting at 50 frames per second with 10-bit colour […]
CSA okays first Ultra HD (4K) pilot to take place on DTT
The French media authority CSA has said that it is in favour of a pilot by the HD Forum to carry out Ultra HD (4K) test transmissions on digital terrestrial.
Divitel and TNO launch first scalable Interactive UHD video
Dutch based Divitel and TNO have created a strategic business partnership.
Ultra HD TV panels hit 1 million in shipments
The market for Ultra HD (4K) TV panels reached a significant new benchmark in March when global shipments exceeded 1 million units for the first time.
UHD TV ownership to reach a third of US homes by 2020
Ultra HD (UHD or 4K) TV household ownership will grow from less than 10% of homes in the US for the next four years to 33% of homes by 2020 […]
Sky D trials live football in Ultra HD via satellite
With the Bundesliga game between FC Bayern Munich and SV Werder Bremen on April 26, 2014, German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland distributed a live football match via satellite in Ultra […]