All Ultra HD articles
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Daily News
Ultra HD Forum to put UHD to the test
Ultra HD technology development did not take a break during the lockdown, and the Ultra HD Forum will be back at IBC with a large range of demonstrations.
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Industry Trends
High dynamic range: the different standards
Dolby and the BBC have led the development of two very different standards for creating an HDR image.
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Executive Interviews
What is the future for UHD and HD?
UHD and HD will forward together as technology advances to enable different frame sizes, frame rates and colorimetry on programmes.
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Technical Papers
A single layer HDR video coding framework with SDR capability
The arrival of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard enables the deployment of new video services with enhanced viewing experience, such as Ultra HD broadcast services. In addition to an increased spatial resolution, Ultra HD can bring a wider colour gamut (WCG) and a higher dynamic range (HDR) than ...
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Technical Papers
BT Sport Ultra HD - Europe's first ultra high definition television sports channel
BT launched its IPTV service in 2006 offering a combination of On-Demand video and Digital Terrestrial Television. In 2012 BT TV added multicast delivered channels to the service providing High Definition (HD) Linear TV, over a Fibre-To-The-Cabinet (FTTC) access network, to BT Broadband customers.
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Technical Papers
Opening of the Holy Door by Pope Francis
The Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV) is the TV broadcasting centre of the Secretariat of Communication of the Holy See and its main goal is to contribute to spreading the universal message of the Pope through the production, distribution and archiving of TV material covering the activities of the Pope and ...
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Technical Papers
Real world live 4K Ultra HD broadcasting with High Dynamic Range
The first public demonstrations of the live production and delivery to home of 3840 x 2160 images were held in the early 2010s. These early trials prioritised the broadcast of higher resolution images over increased dynamic range or wider colour gamut. They were the result of advances in technology throughout ...
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Technical Papers
Celebrating the launch of 8K/4K UHDTV satellite broadcasting and progress on full-featured 8K UHDTV in Japan
NHK has been engaged in the development and standardisation of the 8K “Super Hi- Vision” (SHV) system since 1995. Super Hi-Vision is a state-of-the-art television (TV) broadcasting system that provides ultra-realistic viewing experiences to viewers, creating the sensation that they are in the actual scene.
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Technical Papers
UHD for broadcast and the DVB Ultra HD-1 Phase 2 standard
The primary focus of this paper is to describe the different video options that will be used for broadcast or unicast over HTTP.