IBC 2018: Ultra HD Forum “The Year Of Live HDR TV and Beyond” Future Zone Stand 8.F22

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, […]

+ + + For immediate release + + + Nandhakumar (LG) succeeds Fautier (Harmonic) as President;  Syed (Comcast Cable) and  Jenkins (WarnerMedia) named new board members. FREMONT, CA – February 25, 2021 – The Ultra HD Forum, which brings together broadcasters, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, and technology vendors to accelerate Ultra HD television deployment, today announced its new board of directors […]

FREMONT, CA – October 20, 2020 – The Ultra HD Forum celebrates its fifth year of successfully bringing together broadcasters, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, and technology vendors to accelerate Ultra HD television deployment. The Forum has refreshed its website to better reflect its activities during this time of constrained in-person interactions. Version 2.4 of the […]

Thierry Fautier’s presentation given during the Global UHD Industry Day at NAB, on Saturday April 7th. Download here: UHD-Worldwide-Service-Deployment-Update-April-2018

At a dynamic 3-day event in southern Spain, the Forum made 3 presentations and Thierry Fautier delivered a video address from California. Keynote on the state of the union given by Ben Schwarz: Ultra_HD_Forum_Keynote_Malaga_2017. Security presentation from our Masterclass given by Philippe Stransky: Ultra_HD_Forum_security_Malaga_2017 Interoperability presentation from our Masterclass given by Ian Nock: Ultra_HD_Forum_Interoperability_Malaga_2017 Thierry Fautier’s video address: