Modernizing Terrestrial Television in France: Key Insights from ARCOM’s UHD/HD-HDR Consultation
By Ben Schwarz and Thierry Fautier Why This Matters As France’s audiovisual landscape evolves amid streaming competition and shifting viewer expectations, the future of terrestrial broadcasting (TNT) depends on modernisation. To that end, ARCOM, the French audiovisual and digital communications regulator, launched a public consultation on the transition to enhanced formats, including 4K resolution and […]
Executive Brief Series – The inside view of France TV’s UHD Olympics
Thierry Fautier had the privilege of being invited by Yannick Olivier of France TV to visit the broadcaster’s facilities in Paris during the recent Summer Olympic Games, broadening our understanding of what it takes to broadcast a UHD channel 24/7 for more than two weeks consecutively. First, though, some definitions are a necessary housekeeping task. […]
Enhancing Ultra HD Content in the Real World with AI: An Interview with Jon Frydensbjerg
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to tackle Ultra HD (UHD) video production challenges, offering solutions for improving resolution, colour accuracy, dynamic range, and frame rates. Pixop, a company specializing in AI-driven video enhancement, has been at the forefront of this transformation. Pixop was founded in 2017 with the goal of democratizing video enhancement. Led […]
Ultra HD: We have something better, but there is work to be done
By Sam Matheny, CTO & Executive Vice President at the National Association of Broadcasters. Capitol Broadcasting Company is a family business, and I worked there for nearly 20 years earlier in my career. I worked for Jim Goodmon, the CEO that Broadcasting & Cable Magazine referred to as “HDTV’s True Believer”, and someone who promoted […]
State of the Union on UHD Live Sports Streaming in the US
By Thierry Fautier, Managing Director, Your Media Transformation, former President of the Ultra HD Forum. Initially published in May 2024, updated in November 2024. Introduction In the year 2024, as we prepare for the Paris Olympics, which will be produced entirely in UHD HDR for the first time, I want to provide updates on the […]
Some Ultra HD data from the 2020/2021 Olympics
One-third UHD production The chart below represents the amount hours of content produced by OBS during the Tokyo Olympics. By comparison, all productions by HBS at the 2022 FIFA World Cup were Ultra HD; as a reference, our service tracker currently shows that 57% of tracked (Ultra HD services offer HDR, note that the service tracker […]
