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CCW Highlights Realities
Of Advanced TV Content
At Content And Communications World broadcasters and manufacturers grappled
with the practicalities of implementing 4K infrastructures and workflows...

By Michael Grotticelli
Contributing Editor

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he more you listen to top
experts in the field of television
broadcasting talk about 4K
resolution images and multiplatform content delivery, the more
you get the sense that the industry
is still grappling with how to make
it all work; both technically and
financially.
Technically, several real-world
tests to date have shown that
streaming or delivering 4K content
via satellite is possible, but, these
same experts say, with minimal TV
set sales to date (despite rapidly
decreasing prices) and a lack of
contact, you wouldn't want to
bet your company's resources
any time soon.
"Engineering wise, we are prepared
to do it," said Mark Francisco, an

engineer at Comcast Cable. He was
alluding to some tests his company
did over the summer in delivering
a dedicated movie channel in 4K
to see if the bandwidth-hungry
content could be sent over existing
infrastructure. It proved it could,
but he said Comcast cable is not
about to do it again anytime soon.
"The issue is that the TV sets won't
be in the market in large enough
numbers anytime soon to make it
financially feasible."
Francisco was speaking as part
of panel entitled 'Next-Generation
Content Distribution: Getting 4K To
The Home' at the recent Content
& Communications World (CCW)
conference in New York. This and
several other panel discussions
and technical sessions that focused
on "broadcasting" 4K all seemed
to agree that the technology is not
ready for primetime.
"There are several issues with
delivery," said Mark Aitken, Vice
President of Advanced Technology at
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest
terrestrial broadcast company in the
US. "As a broadcaster, we're now
looking at what needs to be done to
prepare for its eventual future, but
at this point it's a nice dream, and
that's about it."
4KTV, or Ultra High-definition
television (UltraHD TV) was all
the rage at the CCW show, with
most exhibitors showing some
form of 4K production equipment
and how it fits into a file-based
workflow. The higher resolution
is included in the new ATSC 3.0
specification now being developed
within the Advanced Television
Systems Committee.

Quad Full HD

The Harris liquid-cooled Maxiva
ULXT transmitter claims significantly
reduced energy use

The minimum resolution
for displays using
the name UltraHD
is set at 3,840 by
2,160 pixels - also
known as Quad Full
High Definition. This
is the format virtually
every broadcaster has used to
date (and will continue to for the

The Canon C500 DSLR single sensor cinema camera was on display

foreseeable future) to distribute 4K
content. Those shooting "native 4K"
images capture at 4096 lines x 2160.
Within the industry, 4K resolution
is also known as UHD-Level-1.
Higher resolutions, e.g., 8K, are
known as UHD Level-2. Japanese
broadcaster NHK has committed
to inaugural 8K video transmissions
with 22.2-channel audio in 2016,
although it's widely agreed that
these will be experimental at best.
Some even suggest that the trial
broadcasts will confuse consumers
and thus make them hesitate before
buying a new 4K set.
In terms of the display, at the
CCW show it was suggested that
a 1080p video source can be scaled
perfectly to fill a 4K screen by simply
doubling each pixel horizontally
and vertically, using 4 pixels on the
Ultra HD 4K display to represent
each pixel from the original source.
Similarly, a 720p source pixel can
be tripled horizontally and vertically,
using 9 pixels on the 4K display for
each pixel from the 720p source.
The 720p and 1080p resolutions will
also evenly divide the 8K resolution
of 7680 × 4320, but 8K is further
in the future.

From a broadcaster's perspective,
a variety of technical and operational
implementation issues need to be
considered before deciding when
and where to implement UHD/4K.
Will they have to migrate to four
3Gbps signal paths in their facilities
to make it work, or will new forms
of compression help alleviate some
of the storage and network capacity
issues. Various sports leagues and
live broadcasts are already shooting
the format in the field for enhancing
instant replays with more detail and
slower motion (due to shooting in
higher frame rates).

4K Content

There was also lots of discussion
surrounding the need for content
to populate the new 4K models
of televisions now coming on
the market. That's because the
sets themselves, in a variety of
models and sizes, have come
down considerably in price (there's
one Chinese manufacturer that's
offering a 46-inch model for under
$1,000) and consumers are going
to want something in the immersive
format to watch.
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InMedia: Pixitmedia – More Partner Than Supplier
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