Ultra HD Forum Returns to IBC With New Industry Recommendations, Updated Guidelines, and Multiple Demos

The Ultra HD Forum’s Service Tracker lists Ultra HD services available directly to consumers as well as channels that are offered as a B2B service to IPTV and cable operators for distribution to their subscribers. The B2B channels may be delivered in various ways, and are often done by satellite, but because they use multiple […]

This document provides an API for integrating watermarking technologies in content creation workflow: It is the first of its kind resulting from a collaboration between the major watermarking technology vendors It allows interoperable integration of watermarking technologies in a transcoder While initially targeting integration in workflows for ABR content preparation, it is also extendable to […]

The DVB’s annual conference DVB World is taking place in Sevilla this year and addresses UHD within a dedicated session on formats and codecs. We are happy the Ultra HD Forum is the program partner for UHD content this year.  We have put together a 90-minute session with two 20-minutes keynotes and a 50-minute interactive […]

Ultra HD Forum comes to IBC 2019 with new release of their Guidelines, demonstrations of differences between 8K and 4K and High Frame Rate and produces a deployment focused UHD Masterclass. The Ultra HD Forum, will use IBC to release the latest version 2.1 of its Guidelines, bringing plugfest-studied refinements and standards-based enhancements such as […]

At NAB 2019 we showcase key demonstrations of the Foundation and Additional layers of UHD Technology combined in the new Guidelines, with more than a nod to the future of the development of UHD in the NAB Pilot Futures Park at N1531, North Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center. We have produced a video overview of […]

8K buzz took the industry by surprise in 2018. This blog describes the Ultra HD Forum’s initial response.

The Ultra HD Forum brings together 50 market leaders from every part of the industry; broadcasters, service providers, consumer electronics, and technology vendors to collaborate on solving the real-world challenges of UHD and accelerating its deployment. The Ultra HD Forum scope connects and covers the entire glass to glass ecosystem use cases of live, real-time, […]

By Thierry Fautier, Past President of the Ultra HD Forum, VP Strategy at Harmonic. I will provide in this blog some personal insights and observations on the Ultra HD OTT market, looking at it from different perspectives: services worldwide, special events, characteristics of production and distribution, devices, interop, and challenges remaining. Introduction We must always […]

+ + + For Immediate Release + + + The forum’s IBC 2022 booth is in Hall 10 D46 As the industry matures with the increasing adoption of Ultra HD formats for live events, the Ultra HD Forum comes to Amsterdam with new recommendations and demos of various approaches for single-stream SDR-HDR production. Other demos include VVC, NGA, […]

The ATSC “System Standard” (Document A/300) is the central guiding document in the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards. Updated annually, it details the most recent versions of the ATSC 3.0 standards in force for that year and provides general informative guidance about the standards. The latest version,  ATSC A/300:2022-04 “System Standard,” passed the ATSC membership […]

During the Ultra HD Forum NAB session on the reality of Ultra HD deployments in 2022, Maria Rua Aguete provided OMDIA’s latest relevant market update, with some surprises, which you can watch below. If you want access to the slide deck please reach out directly to Maria.

With the NAB Show this year, we hope to return to the normal pace of new developments in the TV business. Despite COVID, UHD has continued to grow both in the number of channels and services delivering UHD video (as you can see in our ever-growing Service Tracker) and in the development of new technologies […]