4K Televisions Wander in the Wilderness

IHS announced it reckons that consumer demand for Ultra High Definition 4K LCD televisions will remain negligible for the foreseeable future.

MPEG LA Planning HEVC Patent Pool

MPEG LA, LLC announced a call for patents essential to the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard (also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2), which is expected to be used in next generation mobile and Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) video systems.

Ultra High Definition TV on the Horizon

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced that one of its working groups has agreed upon most of the technical characteristics necessary to make Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) a reality.