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forecasting that one in 10 US homes will have
a 4K TV by 2016. We have seen consumer
demand for 4K live streaming of sports
increase over time. Our recent acquisition of
DivX, a leader in Ultra HD video delivery,
allows us to meet this demand through
providing the technical know-how to securely
encode and deliver 4K content to any device
without compromising on picture quality,
enabling us to become the first company to
make 4K OTT and TV Everywhere a reality for
consumers. At NAB, we will demonstrate how
we can help the content industry leverage a
full end-to-end solution for 4K to securely
deliver Ultra HD content to consumer devices
in real-time.
Nigel Wilkes, Panasonic UK Broadcast
Group Manager:
As one of the world’s leading electronics
manufacturers,
Panasonic has one of the
widest 4K product
portfolios. Our 4K world
stretches from 4K
cameras, camcorders
and TV’s for consumers
to large format 4K
displays, 4K security
cameras and the 4K
Toughpad for business.
We recently launched
the VariCam 35, our
flagship 4K broadcast
camera which is aimed at high end cinematic
production.
Steve Owen, Marketing Director
Quantel:
A major opportunity is meeting customer
demand for creative, productive and flexible
4K production, post production and delivery
systems. Initially this demand is focused on
production and particularly live production we are already delivering 4K switchers,
routers, infrastructure and post systems.
Petr Peterka, CTO, Verimatrix:
We are well-positioned to meet the needs of
operators deploying UHD services. We see
tremendous opportunity for our nextgeneration Video Content Authority System
(VCAS) architecture – VCAS Ultra. The
marketplace has clearly established that
cardless security solutions based on software
and IP technologies represent the new stateof-the-art for pay-TV operator deployments.
VCAS Ultra fully empowers next-generation
video operators by providing unparalleled
agility and efficiency within the pay-TV
infrastructure, including enhanced content
security profiles to meet MovieLabs defined
ultra high definition (UHD) service
requirements.
Petter Ole Jakobsen, CTO, Vizrt:
There’s been a lot of talk that UHD is nearly
here but for us the reality is it’s already here.
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