Climbing the Ultra HD OTT ladder
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. Version 3 (major updates […]
Newest Version of ATSC 3.0 System Standard Addresses HDR Emission
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 […]
What’s new in the UltraHD Forum’s Guidelines v2.6?
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 […]
Brazil adopts TV 3.0 with many component technologies described in the Ultra HD Forum’s Guidelines
After a lengthy and challenging Call for Proposals (CFP) for a next-generation digital TV system called “TV 3.0”, the Brazilian Terrestrial Television System Forum (SBTVD) recently finalized the technical evaluation phase. The SBTVD Forum has thoroughly tested and evaluated different technologies for distributing current and future formats up to 8K resolution to broadcast and OTT […]
UHD Coverage of the UEFA 2020 Football Championship
There are many ways to slice and dice a market, for example, whether to count affiliate networks or not. We focused here just on services that picked up a feed directly from the IBC and, as with our Service Tracker, that also have a recognizable commercial brand that viewers can interact with to watch the live […]
TF1, a technical perspective on HDR to SDR conversion during UEFA 2020
TF1 is France’s largest broadcaster. Their main channel, also called TF1, is available FTA in all French homes with access to TV services representing over 25 million homes. Yves Davot, Broadcast Engineering Manager at TF1, recently presented the network’s experience delivering a UHD service for Euro 2020 to the French UHD trade group FAVN, an Ultra HD Forum member. His presentation (in French) […]
