Some Broadcasters Expect Sea Change From 5G Cellular
The new NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) digital broadcast system is just rolling out in the United States, and already the industry is looking at the emergence of 5G wireless as the potential future for digital content access around the world. A growing number of television…
CTA Unveils `NEXTGEN TV’ As New Age Of OTA Begins
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced late last week that it has adopted the name “NEXTGEN TV” and accompanying logo program to help identify forthcoming new television sets and devices that will be enabled to receive ATSC 3.0 over-the-air digital broadcasts. The naming program preceeds…
Samsung, SK Telecom To Work Jointly On 5G-8K TV
Samsung Electronics announced Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest cellphone provider, to jointly develop and commercialize the world’s first 5G-8K TV for South Korea. The companies said the new 5G-8K technologies they intend to establish will…
Momentum Signs Emerge In 8K UHD TV Ecosystem
The evolution of the 8K TV market continues to plod along in 2019 with the approaching release of the world’s first 8K OLED Ultra HDTV and the announcement that IC chip maker Realtek has introduced a new chip that can upscale 4K Ultra HD and…
NEC Demos Live 8K Video Transmission Over 5G
Wondering how we will ever enjoy watching live television in beautiful 8K resolution? The answer was delivered in all of its glory at the recent French Grand Slam Tennis Tournament using high-bandwidth 5G wireless broadband technology. Japan’s communications giant NEC Corp. said this week that…
Report: Huawei Looking To Add 5G-8K TV By Year’s End
Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei Technologies is reportedly planning to possibly introduce a 5G/8K television by the end of next year. The report didn’t say exactly in which markets it would launch, how large the set would be or what the full feature set would…
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