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Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) nearing reality
ITU experts create enhanced television viewing
experience
Geneva, 14 October 2011 – Ultra
High Definition Television (UHDTV) took an important step towards becoming
reality when experts reached agreement on most of the pertinent technical
characteristics of this exciting new standard for television. UHDTV marks a leap
forward beyond the current standards for High Definition Television (HDTV).
The experts, which include scientists and engineers from around the world, have
been working together for several years in the ITU Study Group on Broadcasting
Service (ITU-R Study Group 6) to jointly develop and agree on the technical
specifications that will successfully create ‘UHDTV’.
A
demonstration of UHDTV was
provided by the Japanese public service broadcaster NHK at ITU earlier this
month. The screen displayed a staggering 33 Million pixels, compared to a
maximum 2 million pixels for the highest quality HDTV screens on offer today.
In September 2011, a trial UHDTV
link was arranged between London and Amsterdam and plans are under way to cover
part of the 2012 London Olympic Games in UHDTV for screening at public venues
around the world.
David
Wood, Chairman
of the concerned ITU Working Party in the
Broadcasting Service Study
Group, said, “The 'relationship' that a viewer has with television viewing is
linked to the overall experience of the picture and quality of sound. The
extremely high quality of UHDTV will have a definite impact on our lifestyle and
on our engagement with the programmes we watch.”
Christoph Dosch,
Chairman of the Broadcasting Service Study Group, stated, “UHDTV promises
to bring about one of the greatest changes to audio-visual communications and
broadcasting in recent decades. Technology is truly at the cusp of transforming
how people experience audio-visual communications.”
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré, looking ahead
to the day UHDTV will become a reality, said, “UHDTV will create an immersive
experience for viewers and will generate a host of new business and marketing
opportunities.”
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Sanjay Acharya
Chief, Media Relations
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Grace Petrin
Promotion Officer,
Radiocommunication
Bureau,
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