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  • Google introduces new 4K Plus add-on on YouTube TV

    Google introduces new 4K Plus add-on on YouTube TV

    If you think YouTube TV’s price has gone haywire, you’re not wrong. Currently, the price for a YouTube TV subscription is $65 per month, although the service started at a $35 tier several years ago.

    Apart from the price customers must pay to get access to their favorite channels, Google added all sorts of perks that aren’t included in the base package. The most recent one is the 4K Plus add-on that does exactly that: it lets you watch 4K content.

    However, you’ll only be able to watch “select live and on-demand content” in 4K from several channels like Discovery, ESPN, FOX Sports, FX, Nat Geo, NBC Sports, and Tastemade. Not to mention that in order for this to work, you’ll need an additional gadget like a compatible 4K enabled TV and/or streaming device.

    Besides being able to watch 4K content, the new add-on will let you download shows to watch offline. Also, you’ll get unlimited streams at home, whereas until now you would be limited to just three streams.

    Obviously, the new add-on isn’t free, so if you want to watch 4K content, you’ll have to come up with $19.99 per month. The good news is the first month is available for free if you sign up now, and then a price of $10 per month for one year. This is only available for customers in the US who have an active YouTube TV subscription and subscribe to the 4K Plus add-on for the first time.

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  • Disney+ will offer 4K video, four simultaneous streams and more for only $6.99 per month

    Disney+ will offer 4K video, four simultaneous streams and more for only $6.99 per month

    Disney+, the beloved entertainment company’s new streaming service, will launch on November 12th priced at $6.99 per month. During the D23 Expo held in Anaheim, the company revealed some additional information about the Netflix competitor. For example, instead of dropping a whole season of an original show at one time, Disney will release them on a weekly basis. And the House of Mouse will allow Disney+ subscribers to stream content to as many as four devices at the same time and will not charge extra for 4K video streams. Subscribers will also be able to create up to seven different user profiles.

    Netflix, on the other hand, is known for releasing entire seasons of new shows at one time, encouraging the binge-watching crowd to watch a complete season of a show in one sitting. While it allows up to five profiles to be created, Netflix subscribers must pay more ($15.99 per month) for 4K resolution and to stream on four devices simultaneously. This is a strange position for Disney to be in, as many fans of its theme parks will attest to (a one-day ticket to one park is a princely $109). But there is plenty of competition for your subscription dollars and Disney+ needs to bring in some revenue before it can even think about matching Netflix in terms of cost.

    “With less than three months until launch, Disney+ will soon entertain and inspire audiences of all ages for generations to come, and we’re excited to preview some of the amazing original content being created for the service exclusively from our world-class brands today at the D23 Expo. Storytelling is the cornerstone of The Walt Disney Company and we’re thrilled to unveil a new slate of original shows from the Star Wars and Marvel cinematic universes, along with popular television franchises set to return with all-new series streaming only on Disney+.”-Kevin Mayer, chairman, Direct-to-Consumer & International segment, Disney.

    Disney+ will be a mixture of classic Disney movies and animation (don’t forget that Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox means that the service will include every episode of The Simpsons) and original shows. The company has access to quite a few popular titles that will be used to create new adventures of popular characters. As pointed out earlier this year in a report from Loup Ventures, how many times can someone watch The Lion King? More likely to drive growth for Disney+ will be new episodes using the same characters from popular Disney classic cartoon and live films.

    Disney announced yesterday that new originals are in development for Disney+ including:

    • The Mandalorian-the first live-action episodic series based on Star Wars which will follow “the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.”
    • High School Musical: The Musical: The Series-based on the popular High School Musical movies, this show “follows a group of students as they countdown to opening night of their school’s first-ever production of High School Musical.”
    • Lady and the Tramp-A “retelling” of the 1955 animated cartoon, but with real animal stars and CGI.
    • Noelle-A holiday-themed movie starring Anna Kendrick and Billy Eichner.
    • Encore!-This series brings former high-school musical castmates together to recreate shows they performed many years ago.
    • The World According to Jeff Goldblum-Enough said.

    Other shows announced include the return of Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire in a new series, Muppets Now which will reunite Kermit and Miss Piggy, and another live-action Star Wars show. The latter will focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi and will star Ewan McGregor.

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  • DoCoMo trials 4K video streaming for cars over 5G

    DoCoMo trials 4K video streaming for cars over 5G

    NTT DoCoMo joined forces with Toyota, Ericsson and Intel on a trial of 5G technologies for automobiles, achieving data speeds of up to 1Gbps in a vehicle traveling at 30km/h.

    The trial of 4K video communications was conducted along Tokyo’s Odaiba waterfront. It involved a moving vehicle mounted with an Intel GO 5G automotive platform terminal equipped with an on-board antenna head.

    The trial environment was constructed by DoCoMo using multiple Ericsson base stations and the Cloud RAN platform. Live 4K video was streamed at data speeds of up to 1Gbps downlink and 600Mbps uplink.

    Further trials will be conducted by the four companies to test the practicality of advanced services for 5G connected cars and other applications.

    The technology will also be demonstrated at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo from November 9 to 11 as part of the DoCoMo R&D Open House 2017.

    NTT DoCoMo parent company NTT Group and Toyota have meanwhile agreed to collaborate on the research and development of an ICT platform for 5G connected cars.

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  • Huawei demos 5G-LTE dual connectivity for 4K VOD

    Huawei demos 5G-LTE dual connectivity for 4K VOD

    Huawei has conducted a live demonstration involving 5G and LTE dual connectivity for a 4K video-on-demand service, achieving single user peak throughput of 21.1Gbps.

    At last week’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Huawei conducted a demonstration based on its CloudRAN architecture.

    With the development of new high-bandwidth services such as AR/VR and 4K video streaming and cloud-based services, Huawei said 5G new radio technologies will need to be deployed in central hotspots first to deliver the required capacity.

    LTE networks are meanwhile continuing to evolve with the introduction of new technologies including 3D Massive MIMO.

    Combining 5G and 4G networks has the potential to help operators protect their existing investments while improving network capacity, spectrum efficiency and coverage in urban areas.

    “It is of vital importance to guarantee end users with a ubiquitous high data rate experience in densely populated urban city areas with high buildings and complex roadways,” Huawei CMO of wireless network products Dr Yuefeng Zhou said.

    “Recently, 3GPP standardization has made significant progress in 5G and LTE dual connectivity. We expect to strengthen our cooperation with industry partners on 5G innovations based on these real application scenarios.”

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  • HDR key to offsetting profit erosion

    HDR key to offsetting profit erosion

    High dynamic range, also known as HDR, is a new category of 4K TVs that emerged in 2016. HDR TV shipments will reach more than 4 million units in 2016 and growth to more than 30 million units by 2020, according to research firm IHS Markit.

    The market for HDR compatible TVs, defined as any sets compatible with basic HDR formats but using standard dynamic range displays, will be as much as four times larger. By 2020, IHS Markit expects that nearly all of the 112 million 4K TVs shipped worldwide will be compatible with HDR, but only 30 percent will have true HDR performance capabilities.

    Worldwide demand for 4K TVs continues to grow even though total TV shipments will decline slightly in 2016. The lack of unit volume growth in the total market and continuous price erosion, especially for categories like 4K, is a concern for TV manufacturers and retailers. New display technologies like HDR hold promise for improving ASPs and profits, but only if the technology and its benefits are communicated well to consumers.

    “As with many new technologies in the TV market, the ability to introduce them to consumers in a way that communicates the value is crucial to achieving lasting premiums and profits,” said Paul Gagnon, Director of TV sets research for IHS Technology.

    “In the case of HDR, only some sets have enhanced display performance that can allow the consumer to see the benefit, while the rest will have little discernable difference to consumers, who may become confused about the value of HDR as a result,” said Gagnon.

    Standard dynamic range, or SDR, TVs will shrink rapidly as a segment within the 4K TV market, but remain the only choice for HD and 1080p resolution TVs as HDR benefits are featured primarily with 4K content.

    The 4K TV market is growing quickly from 55 million units in 2016 to more than 100M units by 2019, achieving 100 percent share of 50-inch and larger TV shipments by 2019. As with many new TV technologies like 4K, HDR is featured in larger screen sizes where the additional costs are supported by larger premiums. More than 80% of HDR TV shipments will come from 50-inch and larger screen sizes.

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  • ZTE launches Big Video 4K+ solution

    ZTE launches Big Video 4K+ solution

    ZTE has launched its Big Video 4K+ solution for the European market, which includes ZTE’s latest smart terminals and Big Video-based smart home service.

    ZTE’s Big Video 4K+ solution consists of four sub-solutions, namely fixed-mobile convergence, intelligent operation, intelligent maintenance and 4K smart terminal.

    “The market consolidation is accelerating and it is important for operators to quickly integrate their fixed network and mobile networks to offer Big Video services that can address this increasing customer need,” said Cui Liangjun, VP of ZTE.

    “ZTE’s 4K+ solution provides fixed-mobile convergence to support the convergence of fixed and mobile service platforms, content delivery networks (CDN) and multi-screen terminals.”

    The solution is designed to meet diversified customer requirements and bring users an ultimate video experience with key features including unified platform, cloudized deployment, intelligent operation and maintenance (O&M), multi-screen access and ultra-high definition.

    The ZTE Big Video 4K+ solution provides intelligent operation and intelligent maintenance based on a big data platform. With powerful data mining and analysis, management, and scalability, the solution offers customers a visualized online maintenance management (OMM) portal and end-to-end intelligent fault location to improve terminal users’ video experience.

    Meanwhile, the intelligent operation platform supports precision marketing, targeted advertising, personalized EPG, as well as providing data support for innovative digital services required by industries such as medical care, education and travel. The solution’s big data based multi-dimension user analysis and modelling capability provides reference for users when making operation-related decisions.

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  • Huawei launches 4K ultra HD video offering

    Huawei launches 4K ultra HD video offering

    Huawei has launched a new 4K ultra HD streaming video offering during its Big Video Summit in Indonesia.

    The vendor recently successfully trialed the technology in collaboration with Telkom Indonesia.

    Huawei’s 4K technology combines fiber broadband and 4K ultra HD video services to help operators develop innovative new broadband and video services.

    At the summit, held in Jakarta last week, more than 250 industry executives from governments, mobile operators, service and content providers and consulting companies met to discuss the future of Big Video in APAC.

    During a keynote presentation, Telkom VP ISG Pramasaleh Hario Utomo laid out the operator’s video-centric network strategy.

    Grey Juice Lab VP of business development for APAC Chairil Anwar also pointed out that the 4K industry chain is maturing, and predicted that 2016 will be the inflection point for 4K ultra high definition video.

    The event was inaugurated by Huawei Indonesia CEO Sheng Kai, Huawei South Pacidic CMO Lim Chee Siong, Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology acting director general of ICT resources Basuki Yusuf Iskanda and PRC economic and commercial counselor for Indonesia Wang Liping.

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  • New 4K Version of Kodak PixPro SP360 Action Cam available in SE Asia

    New 4K Version of Kodak PixPro SP360 Action Cam available in SE Asia

    JK Imaging Europe Ltd., the worldwide licensee for KODAK PIXPRO Digital Devices, has unveiled the extraordinary, evolutionary new KODAK PIXPRO SP360-4K Camera, the world first and most complete 4K recording device to capture stunning 360° immersive videos and still images without the need for multiple cameras.

    With so much excitement over the KODAK PIXPRO SP360 Action Camera and with countless gleaming reviews and praises by tech and lifestyles editors, it is no surprise that the SP360 is on the forefront of leading technology helping YouTube content creators to share their world with 360-degree videos.

    Indeed the creator of the world’s first 360-degrees cameras was also recognized by Google for being one of only a handful of devices to support YouTube’s recently launched support for 360-degree videos. Using the Pixpro free PC and Mac desktop editing software for the SP360, video enthusiasts can now transcribe any video created with a press of a single button to the YouTube 360-degree format and upload content seamlessly to their YouTube Channel creating Virtual Reality movies. YouTube channel is abundant of 360-degree videos taken with the KODAK PIXPRO SP360.

    The SP360-4K Camera captures 360-degree field of view in multiple directions via its dome-shaped lens design and can be panned not only 360-degrees horizontally, but also up and down with a host of different vantage points and views for playback post-capture. It is easy-to-use and small enough to fit in the palm of a hand or pocket for extreme portability.

    ‘The KODAK PIXPRO SP360-4K revolutionises video recording and how you see and experience the World All Around You. This is the next step to Evolution for 360-degrees Cameras,’ said Mariame Cisse, marketing manager of JK Imaging Ltd. ‘You can now create the most pristine videos and photos in 4K and Direct and Act your own Virtual Reality movie,’ she continued.

    KODAK PIXPRO SP360-4K is a magical piece of lens that captures 360 degrees angle All AROUND YOU, YOU ARE PART OF THE ACTION. The KODAK PIXPRO SP360-4K no doubts BRINGS YOU CLOSER.

    Previously, 360° panoramic photography required users to possess advanced technique, specialized equipment and multiple cameras until JK Imaging released last year the SP360 Action Cam and changed the way we view the world, with this new SP360-4K designed for professionals it has Evolved into another dimension.

    Last year release of the first KODAK PIXPRO SP360 was received with great acclaimed by the press and especially by the sport/action people as it was designed for them in mind to answer the challenge of recording themselves and the action at the same time without the use of several devices.

    Engineered for unmatched portability and ease of use, the new KODAK PIXPRO 360-4K has been designed with the professionals in mind, and is full packed with technology that opens it to endless applications.

    Innovations to the Quad Mode makes it a true partner as a Security devices and the flat magic mode allows Estate agents’ customers to virtually visit a property. The KODAK PIXPRO SP360-4K comes with a video conference feature and LiveView which enables participants to see in real time the world around them and be part of it. The SP360-4K Brings You Closer. Distance is no longer a limit.

    The KODAK PIXPRO SP360- 4K has been designed and engineered to solve day to day challenges presented by professionals with the use of its split viewing 180-180 degrees as it can be used as a dashboard camera to record the subject and all around you.

    With its stylish and sleek black design, it is NFC and Wi-Fi enabled so it can be used everywhere and anywhere. It features 10 different viewing modes that bring images and content closer to the user’s fingertips, resulting in a very personal and professional experience.

    A custom-design LiveView allow users to participate in events on the other side of the planet and still keep the data extremely secure. With its motion detection feature users will never miss an action.

    Powered with BSI Image sensor, high quality and high speed ensures better videos, with 12MP BSICMOS sensor and advanced optics the device help capture rich, detailed images now in 4K (2880:2880), and added features including time-lapse video, burst mode as well as 4K photos.

    Like its predecessor, the KODAK PIXPRO SP360-4K comes with a wide range of attachments (over 12) from waterproof housing (up to 60m) to flat adhesive suction mount and remote control.

    JK Imaging Europe is very pleased to be at the forefront of this technology with a 360-degree camera that action lovers, professionals and content developers are asking for.

    Our new SP360 4K enables you to enrich your communication with your friend, family, and co-workers. It just “BRINGS YOU CLOSER.”

    The KODAK PIXPRO SP360-4K will be sold with varying accessory bundles depending on geographical region. It will be available in October this year in Europe.