Portland, Oregon – Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-based video solutions for content delivery to any device, announced on February 17 that TrueVisions, Thailand’s pay TV leader and one of the largest cable operators in South Asia, is enlarging its existing Elemental installation to power the rapid expansion of its premium high-definition (HD) and multiscreen services. TrueVisions, which has approximately two million subscribers, is employing … [Read more...] about TrueVisions partners with Elemental Technologies
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Technicolor to partner DreamWorks Animation to launch joint 4K streaming service
Las Vegas - M-GO revealed their new 4K streaming service, set to be launched on Samsung Ultra HD TVs. M-GO will kick off with DreamWorks Animation content available exclusively amongst about 100 full-length 4K theatrical hits and popular TV shows from Hollywood’s leading studios and networks. M-GO will run its 4K streaming solution on both native 4K content, as well as Technicolor-processed content optimized for Ultra HD TVs, they revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show … [Read more...] about Technicolor to partner DreamWorks Animation to launch joint 4K streaming service
Elemental achieves world’s first real-time 4K HEVC transmission
Portland, Oregon – Elemental Technologies, the leading supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has announced that it has successfully supported the world’s first real-time 4K Ultra HD high-efficiency video coding (H.265/ HEVC) transmission when it streamed the Osaka Marathon. K-Opticom Corporation, a comprehensive telecommunications operator, pioneered the workflow for the historic event and used Elemental video processing to deliver live … [Read more...] about Elemental achieves world’s first real-time 4K HEVC transmission
CommunicAsia2013, EnterpriseIT2013 and BroadcastAsia2013 concluded
Singapore – The four-day event, held from 18 to 21 June at the Marina Bay Sands, saw more than 51,000 attendees from 100 countries/regions throng the exhibition halls and conference suites. “The shows have done extremely well this year. Attendees, including exhibitors, conference speakers and delegates, as well as members of the press, have expressed fulfillment with what they were able to achieve this year. For us, this is testament to the success of the shows,” says Stephen … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia2013, EnterpriseIT2013 and BroadcastAsia2013 concluded
TV ASIA Plus WEB-EXCLUSIVE: New to CommunicAsia: Spacecom
Eyal Copitt, SVP Sales Africa, Asia & Marketing, Spacecom Q: How is Amos entering the Asia-Pacific market? A: First of all, Amos Spacecom is a satellite operator since 1996. In the beginning, we started with Europe, Middle East and Africa. This year, we are going to launch a satellite in a new orbital location of 65 degrees East, AMOS-4 – which for us is a totally new business, penetrating into the Asian market. Having the satellite at 65 degrees East over the Indian Ocean allows us to … [Read more...] about TV ASIA Plus WEB-EXCLUSIVE: New to CommunicAsia: Spacecom
SES to pioneer first Ultra HD transmission in new standard at SES Industry Days
Luxembourg - SES, together with partners Harmonic and Broadcom Corporation, has pioneered the first Ultra HD transmission in the new HEVC standard live from an ASTRA satellite at 19.2 degrees East. The HEVC standard features an up to 50% encoding efficiency improvement, compared to previous test broadcasts in MPEG-4 AVC (H.264). The end-to-end demonstration, which was presented at the SES Industry Days in Luxembourg, used Harmonic’s ProMedia Xpress and a HEVC decoder reference-design … [Read more...] about SES to pioneer first Ultra HD transmission in new standard at SES Industry Days