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BBC Preparing For Dedicated 4K/Ultra High-Def Channel By Stockpiling Programming

The BBC "is stockpiling suitable programming" in preparation for the start of a dedicated 4K/ultra high-definition (UHD) channel, according to Chris Forrester of ADVANCED TELEVISION. The network, as part of its relationship with commercial arm BBC Worldwide, "has been producing 4K programming for many years." This content "usually comes from the BBC’s Natural History Unit in Bristol." It is understood that the dedicated channel "will go on air about a year from now" and start with long-form coverage of the 2017 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. The BBC -- usually with help from Sony -- has trialed 4K at the All England Club since '13. Last year, Wimbledon’s Number 1 Court saw tests and "closed-circuit transmissions of 8K managed by Japan’s NHK public broadcaster." NHK is "already working with the BBC" on its jointly-developed Hybrid Log-Gamma technology which is "backward compatible with today’s normal Standard Dynamic Range displays" (ADVANCED TELEVISION, 6/27).

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