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“It is a real
commitment”
can deliver.”
And
demonstrating
4K UHD isn’t
UHD timeline
Technical
“On the technical front,
things have largely settled
down: the technology is
here and it is mature. The
important thing now is
broadcasters are creating
UHD content,” says Michel
Chabrol, Director Marketing
Innovation and Digital
Cinema.
“In the spring, the Japan’s
NHK showed the first images
of their documentary ‘Leaps
in Evolution’ which follows
the story of evolution from
dinosaurs to primitive men.
The Natural History and
Science units of the BBC as
well as several production
companies including Travel
XP, The Explorers Network,
The Farm Group, Media
Medina and K2
Communications have also
shown some of their
production. In March 2015,
the operator Sky Perfect JSAT
launched two commercial
UHD channels via satellite in
Japan. So now, all elements
that are crucial to a
successful ecosystem;
content creation, postproduction, encoding
just an issue for Europe. “ ]