School might be out here in the U.S., but Japanese broadcaster NHK is getting ready to test both 4K and 8K high-definition broadcasts on its BS satellite channels.

Japanese broadcaster also heading to SXSW to host 8K theater

he 2016 Summer Olympics will be dipping into some 8K coverage for the ceremonies and events, and Ikegami will be among those helping to provide the hi-res coverage.

Sony Corp. announced commercialization of a demodulator and tuner set for 4K- and 8K-capable satellite TV transmission standards.

NHK and Village Island are pushing to make strides in 8K, recently collaboration on the development of the Vico-8, a unit designed to transport 8K 4:2:2 10bits on a single 12G-SDI cable with intoPix Tico compression technology.

Will be part of commercial 8K production service.

As a group of four couples were in a race to travel from Miami to Boston as part of the reality competition “Relative Race,” Lenzworks relied on Panasonic’s VariCam LT 4K cinema camcorders to grab all the action.

Vitec Videocom brand Autoscript has announced a collaboration with Sony that will integrate Autoscript’s WinPlus teleprompting software with Sony’s ELC control system.