BBC plans to launch 4K Ultra HD content on iPlayer
The broadcaster wants to take an ‘Internet first’ approach and is likely to launch its first 4K and HDR TV shows on to iPlayer.
The BBC’s head of technology, Andy King, said that the BBC was working hard to get Ultra HD content to consumers, and that when it did, it would likely launch on BBC iPlayer.
Speaking to Advanced Television at the MIPCOM programming market, King said that the BBC would take an “Internet first” approach to 4K content, as the task of broadcasting 4K shows over digital terrestrial TV was proving “difficult”.
King also confirmed the BBC is increasingly producing new programmes in HDR, including the upcoming Planet Earth II series, with HDR increasingly seen as a crucial factor in differentiating 4K content from HD and SD.
King also mentioned that he would like to see serious improvements made in “object based audio’, such as Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, saying: “As an industry we need not to forget the sound stuff!” Hear, hear.
