NAB Show New York: Cobalt Digital To Present New PACIFIC Ultra-Low Latency 4K HEVC Encoder-Decoder Platform

Cobalt Digital is returning to NAB Show New York (Oct. 24-26, Javits Center) with an award-winning lineup that includes its recently launched ultra-low latency PACIFIC encoder / decoder solution and its […]

Cisco Partners With New England Patriots To Deliver 4K Content

This morning, Cisco announced it has become the official technology partner of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium. This partnership, it said, “will improve video delivery of content both […]

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Data Dominates NextGen TV Conference

As ATSC marked its 40th anniversary at last week’s conference, conversations resoundingly turned to alternative uses for the NextGen TV spectrum including datacasting and PNT applications.

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Broadcasters Put New Demands On Their Cameras

Broadcasters’ demands on cameras are increasing, from asking for IP readiness to standards flexibility and better control in multicamera environments. Vendors are answering the call. Pictured: Sony’s CNA-2 camera control network adapter.

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Immersive Audio Still A Work In Progress For NextGen TV

Most of ATSC 3.0’s audio delay in the U.S. is attributable to the same factors that have held back the rollout of UHD content: there is still a small base of NextGen TV-capable sets; the distribution chain from networks to stations is not fully ready for new formats; and broadcasters are somewhat hamstrung in experimenting with their 3.0 content because of FCC rules that require them to effectively simulcast their 1.0 programming. But despite that, progress is being made.

Blustream Shipping New Platinum 8×8 HDBaseT AV Matrix

AV distributor Blustream is shipping its new 4K HDMI 2.0 8×8 Platinum Matrix. The PLA88CS combines the global standard of advanced HDBaseT to transmit HDMI, ARC, LAN and bi-directional IR and RS-232 signals up […]

LiveU Releases Next-Gen Solo PRO Portable Encoder With Future-Proof 4K And HEVC Capabilities

LiveU today unveiled its next-generation Solo PRO portable bonding encoder for engaging live coverage, combining professional-grade 4K and HEVC video quality. The Solo PRO combines up to six IP connections — four 4G/5G […]

Traffic Growth Decelerates On Flagging 4K Demand, More Efficient Video Encoding

The 4K revolution appears to have stalled out. According to high-profile streaming technology analyst Dan Rayburn, an executive at an ISP he spoke to said that less than 10% of digital bits transmitted over the company’s network are related to 4K/Ultra High Definition video — roughly flat with 2021. Meanwhile, an also-unnamed official for an OTT service provider said that less than 2% of the company’s streaming time to customers was for 4K/UHD video.

Fox To Stream USFL Championship In 4K HDR

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Sinclair Eyes Cost-Effective UHD Conversion Solution

Sinclair Broadcast Group thinks it has found a cost-effective solution in conversion technology that can take standard-dynamic range (SDR) content and transform it to high-dynamic range (HDR) content in real-time, a technology it demonstrated at last month’s NAB Show.

YouTube TV To Offer Tonight’s MLB Game Of Week In 4K

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Multiviewers Take On Bigger Workloads

Whether offered as a standalone unit or combined with other components of the broadcast workflow, multiviewers are tackling a mix of formats and a higher volume of content to monitor. Above, Studio Berlin uses the Apantac KVM over IP solution for its multiviewers.

Charter And Comcast To Launch New Streaming Platform In Joint Venture

Charter Communications and Comcast on Wednesday announced a 50/50 joint venture to develop a streaming platform on branded 4K streaming devices and smart TVs. Comcast will license Flex, the company’s aggregated streaming platform and hardware to the new joint venture, contribute the retail business for XClass TVs as well as Xumo, a streaming service acquired in 2020. Charter will make an initial contribution of $900 million, funded over multiple years.

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Scale Dictates Broadcasters’ IP Transition

Station groups lag behind larger networks in investing in new IP routing systems despite interoperability hurdles being overcome and IP gear prices falling. But the new infrastructure may end up being more horsepower than they need. Above, a control room at NBCUniversal’s Boston Media Center in Needham, Mass. The facility handles four businesses in the market — WBTS (NBC), WNEU (Telemundo), New England Cable News and NBC Sports Boston — on one common IP-based technology platform.

C2G Debuts New 4K 60Hz HDMI Over Cat Extender Box Transmitter To Box Receiver

C2G is ensuring that 4K HDMI source signals reach 4K displays with flawless quality in conference rooms, classrooms, lecture halls, and many other installations where distances are far beyond the length […]

Roku Streaming Stick 4K+ Drops To $49, New All-Time Low

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Broadcasters Reach For The ‘Cinematic’ With Their Camera Needs

Broadcasters are insisting on more from their cameras, from the ability to capture more cinematic-style video with shallow depth of field to 4K, UHD and HDR capabilities, remote PTZ abilities and ever-smaller sizes. Above, a JVC camcorder being used on location for Idol Chat, which premiered on Retro TV and The Family Channel.

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Compliance Monitoring Shifts Into Swiss Army Knife Mode

In a post-Volicon era, monitoring and compliance tools have gone beyond just making sure content meets regulatory requirements, moving into new broadcast environments and rolling out features designed to ease workflows. Above: Vela’s Encompass product showing both channel and transport stream analysis to help ensure quality of service.

YouTube TV To Stream Winter Olympics In 4K

ESPN Ending 4K Game Of The Week In 2021

JVC’s 4K PTZ Remote Cameras With NDI|HX Now Available

JVC Professional Video today announced the immediate availability of its new 4K KY-PZ400NW/NB PTZ cameras, the newest addition to its Connected Cam line of cameras. The HD versions of the PTZs, the […]

Comcast To Offer 24 Football Games In 4K

Fox To Offer ‘Thursday Night Football’ In 4K

NBC Using Canon 4K Lenses For Tokyo Games

NBC Olympics has selected Canon U.S.A. is providing a wide variety of 4K UHD and HD Field, Portable and Studio lenses for NBC’s production of the Tokyo Olympics. A broad […]

DirecTV To Offer 250 Hours Of 4K Olympics

YouTube TV Debuts 4K Add-On Package For $20/Month

YouTube TV Adds 4K Package, 5.1 Dolby Audio, Other Features Ahead Of Tokyo Olympics

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NBC’s Game Plan For Tokyo Olympics: Distributed Workflows

David Mazza, SVP and CTO of NBC Sports Group and NBC Olympics, gives an exclusive look at how the network will navigate COVID restrictions while delivering 1080p HDR and 4K coverage for the first time and the pivotal role distributed workflows will play. Note: This story is available to TVNewsCheck Premium members only. If you would like to upgrade your free TVNewsCheck membership to Premium now, you can visit your Member Home Page, available when you log in at the very top right corner of the site or in the Stay Connected Box that appears in the right column of virtually every page on the site. If you don’t see Member Home, you will need to click Log In or Subscribe.

DirecTV To Show U.S. Open Golf In 4K

NBCU To Deliver Live Coverage Of Tokyo Games In 4K HDR

Post Company Upgrades To 4K HDR With Big Pic Media

Big Pic Media has delivered the latest generation 4K HDR monitoring, display calibration and mastering systems to Evolutions, one of Britain’s largest independent post-production companies. The project forms part of […]

Evolutions Upgrades To 4K HDR With Big Pic Media

Big Pic Media has delivered the latest generation 4K HDR monitoring, display calibration and mastering systems to Evolutions, one of Britain’s largest independent post-production companies. The project forms part of […]

NEP Releases Supershooter 5 4K-Capable Mobile Unit Servicing US Clients

NEP Group, a technical partner for content producers around the globe, says its U.S. Broadcast Services team has released a new mobile unit, NEP Supershooter 5. 1080p-ready and 4K-capable, Supershooter […]

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TVN Tech | Camera Robotics Get COVID Proving Ground

Broadcasters are warming to using robotics for remote camera operations, having seen crucial improvements in camera movement, better object and face tracking, new movement patterns and stronger overall automation. Above, a camera operator stands behind Ross Video’s remote panbar system, capturing the action on the field at a college baseball game.

NextGen TV Debuts On Three Syracuse Stations

WSYR, WTVH and WSTM are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.

Comcast To Show Chicago White Sox In 4K

Canon Launches Line Of 4K UHD PTZ Cameras

Canon USA, a provider of digital imaging solutions, unveiled the company’s first line of 4K UHD PTZ cameras — the CR-N500 and CR-N300 for indoor live-streaming and the outdoor CR-X500. […]

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TVN Tech | Pandemic Halts HDR, UHD Momentum

Networks, mobile truck companies and tech vendors agree the pandemic will impact HDR and UHD production through this year through a combination of equipment availability, complex new remote workflows and financial constraints.

New TVU Rack Router Transmits Live 8K UHD Video

TVU Networks, a market and technology provider of cloud and IP-based live video solutions, and China Unicom, the world’s fourth largest mobile service provider, are collaborating to expand the UHD […]

MediaKind Partners With New Digital Technology To Deliver 4K UHD Content for Beijing Radio & Television

MediaKind, a global provider of media technology and services, worked with New Digital Technology on the delivery of high-quality recorded 4K content for BTV’s winter sporting events channel, which launched […]