October 19, 2016
- How Pay-TV Can Spur 4K UHD Growth
- From industry chatter, sometimes it’s hard to tell if Ultra High Definition television is coming like an express train or a stop-and-go city bus, but one thing is universally acknowledged: pay-TV operators need a plan as 4K video, High Dynamic Range (HDR) and ultimately 8K transform the quality of video delivered to the home. Read more
Posted by Melissa Baltz at 5:12 PM
June 10, 2016
- Ready or not, 4K’s on its way
- It hasn’t gotten to the point where you’re going to be shunned by the neighbors if you’re not watching 4K UHD TV, but there’s no question that the new, improved viewing technology is taking big steps toward becoming part of the home entertainment mainstream. Read more
Posted by Melissa Baltz at 5:53 PM
May 6, 2016
- Helping to Drive New Thinking at NAB
- When change comes to the television industry, one of the best places to spot it is at the annual NAB Show. Driven in part by the growth of High Dynamic Range for 4K and 8K, this year’s event in Las Vegas was long on attendees (more than 103,000) and new products – including devices and software that enable content creation, editing and distribution for the higher-resolution video that is fast becoming the de facto standard. Read more
Posted by Susan Crouse at 5:07 PM
April 27, 2016
- UHD and HDR: Making TV "New and Improved"
- Analysts are predicting sales of upwards of 50 million Ultra HD (UHD) televisions over the next five years, and Alticast US President and CTO John Carlucci says it’s easy to see why. Read more
Posted by Melissa Baltz at 5:10 PM
March 23, 2016
- ALTICAST TEAMS WITH VIDEOTRON FOR FIRST CANADIAN LAUNCH OF 4K UHD STB
- Alticast today announced that its ongoing innovation partnership with Videotron is helping to achieve a milestone for the Canadian pay-TV industry – the first availability of 4K ultra high definition set-top box on a commercial basis throughout a cable system operator’s entire service footprint. Read more
Posted by Melissa Baltz at 5:22 PM
January 18, 2016
- CES 2016 Wrap-up
- Drones, robots and autonomous cars notwithstanding, it was difficult to find standout announcements at CES, but there was a definite increase in the number of companies solving particular problems, as well as improvements in burgeoning technologies. For the cable industry, health monitoring is becoming more viable, not just within personal devices, but in new products that can provide richer and more technical interfaces for remote medical care. Read more
Posted by Alticast at 5:43 PM