The Status Of UHD April 2^nd 2018 - 12:05 PM

UHD rollout has been average rather than stellar to date. Matthew Goldman, Senior Vice President, Technology, Media Solutions, Ericsson provides an insightful explanation about why this might be and what issues might tip the scale.

High Dynamic Range on 4K TVs: What’s the Difference? December 21^st 2017 - 09:00 AM

Everyone shopping for a 4K UHD television set these days is faced with the same question. What is high dynamic range, or HDR, should I buy it and what are the different flavors of it? What are the practical advantages? Here’s some guidance.

The Tried and Trusted Route to UHD Live - NEP UK November 22^nd 2016 - 01:00 PM

While Arena opted to invest in an IP core for its new fleet, Sky Sport’s other regular OB supplier, NEP UK has gone a different route out of necessity. This article, a follow up to the article ‘Making The Leap To 4K Live Over IP - Under The Hood At Ar…

ITU standardizes High Dynamic Range July 6^th 2016 - 03:00 AM

The ITU (International Telecommunications Union) has released its promised standard for High Dynamic Range (HDR), with separate versions for legacy and emerging workflows. The new HDR standard called ITU-R BT.2100 complements the existing BT.2020 recommendation for color gamut and bit depth.

Momentum Builds Behind HDR+ July 5^th 2016 - 08:00 AM

Ultra HD (UHD) has gone through various iterations since it emerged from the shadow of 3D TV to become the broadcasting industry’s standard bearer for immersive or next generation TV. At first it was all about the higher resolution of 2160 x 3840, four times the pixel density even of 1080p “ful…

UHD and HDR—the Dolby View May 4^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

Better pixels are coming, but there is much detail to be resolved. Will consumers be confused? Will a “4K” receiver also support high dynamic range (HDR), high frame rate (HFR) and wide colour gamut (WGC)? And where will the content come from? Over-the-air looks a little way off, but fibre bro…

Ultra HD Forum Guidelines Clear Way for Commercial Deployments April 21^st 2016 - 04:00 PM

The Ultra HD Forum released its first set of guidelines for production workflows at NAB 2016 as promised, clearing the way for early deployments in 2016. But the Forum emphasized that these guidelines were still work in progress and that a future version would target later Ultra HD services in 2017 and beyond.