All 4K articles
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Industry TrendsPowering on to an 8K future
There’s been many a headline about 8K TV over the past few years, and while there have been many breakthroughs on the hardware and content side, 8K content remains thin on the ground - but the story is beginning to change..
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Industry Trends
Super resolution: Why more pixels makes creative sense
The industry isn’t stopping at 8K. All bets are off in a million megapixel-plus future where massive digital screens, VR and lightfields take centre stage.
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Industry Trends
2020: Crunch time for codecs
Three new codecs will enter an already complex market this year as patent wrangling looks set to beset the promoters of video streaming codec AV1.
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News
BT Sport and Samsung achieves first UK 8K live sports broadcast
A screening of the UEFA Europa League match between Arsenal and Olympiacos last night was successfully delivered in 8K by BT Sport and Samsung.
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News
RTVE and Rohde & Schwarz unveil 5G broadcast trial in Barcelona
Spanish broadcaster RTVE has partnered with Rohde Schwarz and several other technology partners to demonstrate 5G broadcast and multicast technology in Barcelona.
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Industry Trends
Fox Sports gears up for 4K HDR broadcast at Super Bowl 2020
Super Bowl LIV will see Fox and its partners offer 4K HDR for the first time. But it won’t be shooting in native 4K. James Pearce investigates.
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Industry Trends
CES 2020: Evolution, expectation and innovation
Amelia Kallman reports from CES 2020 on the biggest trends and tech impacting the future of broadcasting.
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Industry Trends
The higher-resolution revolution will be televised
A flurry of 8K TV launches at CES confirmed that resolution continues to exert a profound effect on new product development. But with rotating sets and several other notable concept TVs, it’s hardly the only manifestation of the sector’s current creativity.
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Industry Trends
New World Symphony: Orchestral academy gets ready for 4K HDR
The world-renowned Miami classical music institution is approaching the completion of an ambitious multi-year upgrade, writes David Davies.
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Industry Trends
Cinema tech: Could improved images & sound bolster fluctuating audiences?
Declining cinema attendance in Europe means that a greater focus on higher-resolution images and immersive technologies is inevitable, writes David Davies.
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Industry Trends
CDNs: Innovation, higher bandwidth and interactivity
The advent of 4K and now 8K, as well as interactive applications that require sub-1 second latency, are obliging CDN service providers to enhance capacity and efficiency, writes David Davies.
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Technical Papers
4K UHD HDR and immersive audio live streaming 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia for Samsung Smart TVs App
In this paper, Globosat presents the experience, challenges, techniques and results obtained by Globosat, in partnership with Samsung Brazil, with live streaming 56 matches of the 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP in Russia for connected TVs with 4K UHD HDR and immersive audio.
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Technical Papers
A study on the transmission scheme for the advanced ISDB-T and verification by large-scale field experiments in Japan
In this paper, NHK explores the development of advanced terrestrial broadcasting technology to transmit ultra-high-definition television signals.
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Industry Trends
MESA tackles OTT sport opportunities
MESA’s post IBC2019 review looked at multi-territory OTT sports platforms. George Jarrett reports.
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Thought Leadership
Broadcast and media technology market in Europe
Europe’s Pay-TV market is fragmented, but it continues to be the most common way of receiving TV, according to an IABM snapshot of the market.
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Industry Trends
Enthusiasm of 8K
At IBC2019 there were several announcements about the 8K future. Chris Forrester looks at some of the enthusiasm around 8K.
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News
Tencent joins AV1 codec group Alliance for Open Media
Tencent has joined the Alliance for Open Media, the organisation responsible for AV1, the royalty-free, open-source codec for delivering video over the web.
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Industry Trends
Streaming, 8K and AR: How bringing production in-house will transform Rugby World Cup 2019
The Rugby World Cup has brought production in-house for the 2019 World Cup. As the tournament kicks off in Japan, Steve McCaskill finds out what innovations will feature at RWC2019.
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Thought Leadership
AI is easier with live streaming in the cloud
Integration with SSAI capability, Dynamic Content Insertion, means that live streaming allows better monetisation and localisation, says M2A Media CEO Marina Kalkanis.
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News
BT Sport offers “Ultimate” HDR experience for Premier League coverage
BT Sport has launched a new channel which will deliver ultra-high definition, high dynamic range and Dolby Atmos sound for live sport.
