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SMPTE Announces 2017 Start Dates For Online Courses

December 19, 2016 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

The Society of Motion Picture Engineers has announced the start dates for its 2017 virtual classroom online courses on UltraHD, network architecture, structure, functions, components and models, IP media transport and IMF. The UHD course start dates for 2017 are: Jan. 9, May 29, Sept. 11 and Dec. 4. The start dates for the SMPTE’s […]

Filed Under: 4K, IMF, IP Delivery, IP Networking, Ultra-HD Tagged With: IMF, IP media transport, networking, SMPTE, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, ultra HD

Documentary Examines NASA UHD Channel

March 3, 2016 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

Harmonic has an out-of-this-world ultra-high-definition documentary — literally. The company today announced it has published an online documentary about the making of NASA’s first ultra-high-definition (UHD) TV channel. The documentary examines the technical challenges of putting the UHD channel on-air via satellite along with the space agency’s existing SD and HD channels. To watch the […]

Filed Under: 4K, 8K, Satellite, Ultra-HD Tagged With: channel, documentary, Harmonic, NASA, ultra HD

South Korean Trial Transmits ATSC 3.0 4K End To End

February 23, 2016 by Diana Marszalek 2 Comments

What’s being billed as the world’s first end-to-end 4K broadcast using the next-generation ATSC 3.0 standard has been conducted in South Korea, LG Electronics said today. South Korea plans to begin over-the-air transmission of 4K Ultra HD in February 2017. The test broadcast was a joint project conducted by: LG Electronics; Korean broadcasters SBS and […]

Filed Under: 4K, ATSC, Transmitters Tagged With: 4K, ATSC 3.0, DASHJ, DigiCAP, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, ETRI, LG Electronics, MBC, Media Excel, ROUTE, SBS, TeamCast, ultra HD

Blackmagic Design Announces Special Ultra-HD Offer

January 29, 2016 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

Blackmagic Design has announced a special, limited-time price for its ATEM Production Studio 4K and HyperDeck Studio 12G package. The offer, which makes the package available for $2,495, is intended to encourage those considering buying a Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Television Studio live production switcher to obtain a more powerful switcher, the company said. The special […]

Filed Under: 4K, 8K, HDTV, Production Systems Tagged With: ATEM Production Studio 4K, Blackmagic Design, HyperDeck Studio 12G, special offer, ultra HD

SMPTE To Conduct Ultra HD Color Gamut Webinar

January 21, 2016 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

With the television industry working toward a day when 4K Ultra HD will be an important part of its OTA offering, broadcasters may want to begin getting more familiar with the differences between 4K and the HD broadcasts they put on air today. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is working to raise […]

Filed Under: 4K, HDTV, SMPTE Tagged With: Adobe, HDTV, Lars Borg, SMPTE, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, ultra HD, WCG, Wideo Color Gamut

SMPTE Virtual Course To Examine Ultra HD

January 8, 2016 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

“Navigating the UHD Ecosystem,” a new nine-week virtual course, from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers starts Monday, Jan. 11. Designed to offer a big-picture view of the ecosystem, the course will examine how Ultra HD rollout will impact broadcasting and the cinema industry as well as the experience of audiences. Enrollment is […]

Filed Under: 4K, 8K, SMPTE Tagged With: course, SMPTE, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, UHD, ultra HD

SBG Demos ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Of Ultra-HD HDR Content

December 3, 2015 by Diana Marszalek 1 Comment

Sinclair Broadcast Group today demonstrated what it said was the first end-to-end Ultra HD high dynamic range OTA TV transmission using the proposed ATSC 3.0 next-gen television standard. A delegation of 11 South Korean broadcast industry experts was on hand to witness the event, Sinclair said. The demo, which employed scalable high efficiency video (SHVC) […]

Filed Under: 4K, ATSC, HDR - High Dynamic Range, Sports Tagged With: demo, HDR, high dynamic range, Kevin Gage, Las Vegas, Mark Aitken, SBG, Sinclair Broadcast Group, South Korea, ultra HD

Echoes From IBC: Eutelsat on UltraHD

September 25, 2015 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

IBC 2015 closed Sept. 15 in Amsterdam, but I suspect I will be reporting in the Playout blog on echoes from the show floor and conference rooms for the next few weeks. First up is consumer attitudes towards Ultra HD in Europe. Obviously, TVNewsCheck is oriented towards the U.S. over-the-air television market, but perhaps there […]

Filed Under: 4K, 8K, Research, Satellite Tagged With: consumer research, Europe, Eutelsat, GfK, IBC 2015, TNS, ultra HD, UltraHD

Price, Lack of Knowledge Plague Consumer 4K Acceptance, finds TDG

July 23, 2014 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

If TV set manufacturers thought 4K Ultra-HD televisions would return them to the early glory days of HDTV when retail prices were high, demand was growing and low-ball challengers weren’t around to threaten their business plans, they might want to think again. New research from The Diffusion Group, TDG, appears to confirm a couple of […]

Filed Under: 4K, Television Sets, Uncategorized Tagged With: 4K, consumer demand, Michael Greeson, research, TDG, The Diffusion Group, ultra HD

NPD DisplaySearch Study Underscores Urgency Of Next-Gen TV Standards Work

July 22, 2014 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

A few nuggets of information revealed as part of a study last month by NPD DisplaySearch may shed a bit more light on the urgency with which the Advanced Television Systems Committee, TV broadcasters, NAB and others interested in the future of television broadcasting are proceeding on a next-generation standard for TV. The findings come […]

Filed Under: 4K, ATSC, Audio, Standards, Television Sets Tagged With: 4K, Global TV Replacement Study, NPD DisplaySearch, Riddhi Patel, ultra HD, United States

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