V-Nova streaming tech produces 4K compression 'worth watching' - BBC News




It could see the average home broadband speed in the UK - around 22 megabits per second (Mbps) - support three 4K streams simultaneously instead of just one.

The technique makes use of the multiple cores within processors found in today's mobile devices and smart TVs to process the picture more efficiently.


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Media expert Ian Maude, from Enders Analysis, said: "This is cutting-edge technology that will be welcomed by pay TV companies, and TV manufacturers because it will help drive 4k sales.


"Ultra HD will still remain niche for some time but this technology will help."

The technology also allows HD video to be streamed to mobile phones by using a similar amount of bandwidth to that currently needed to play music.

It is hoped the new encoding technique will help social network users share video as easily as sending messages, and bring standard definition video to millions of devices in developing countries where cellular data rates make it too expensive to stream any quality of video.

The system will first be deployed in the US and several European countries this summer with UK content distributors and broadcasters introducing it before the end of this year.