UHDA Information Agreement Available to Interested Companies
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8, 2015 – The UHD Alliance (UHDA), the inter-industry group charged with fostering an ecosystem that fully realizes and promotes the consumer benefits of Ultra HD entertainment technology, announced today the completion of premium specifications for 4K Ultra HD displays, content and distribution.
Composed of the leading film studios, consumer electronics manufacturers, content distributors and technology companies, the UHDA will announce details of the new specifications and unveil a consumer-facing certification logo to identify products that can deliver the ultimate UHD experience at CES® 2016.
The UHDA’s specifications cover a combination of key features and consumer-tested benchmarks that will usher in a new era of in-home entertainment. The specification outlines performance metrics related to resolution, high dynamic range, and wide color gamut, as well as recommendations for immersive audio, among others. Advances in resolution, brightness, contrast, color and audio will enable certified displays and content to replicate the richness of life’s sights and sounds and allow in-home viewers to more fully and accurately experience the content creator’s vision.
Companies interested in the UHDA specification and the associated licensing terms can obtain a copy of the UHDA Information Agreement by going through: http://www.uhdalliance.org/contact-us/.
UHDA leadership and board members will be in attendance at the UHDA’s CES media briefing at 7 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2016, in Surf Ballroom D at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, immediately following CES Unveiled.
Media interested in attending the UHDA press event should email their details to press@uhdalliance.org.
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ABOUT THE UHD ALLIANCE:
The UHD Alliance (UHDA), comprising more than 30 member companies, is a global coalition of leading film studios, consumer electronics manufacturers, content distributors and technology companies aligned to foster the creation of an ecosystem that fully realizes and promotes the next generation premium in-home entertainment platform. Key characteristics of a robust next generation experience should offer 4K resolution as well as a mix of other features that include high dynamic range, wide color gamut, high frame rate and immersive audio, among other features. UHDA Board members are executives from: The DIRECTV Group Inc, Dolby Laboratories, LG Electronics, Netflix, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Sony Corporation, Technicolor, The Walt Disney Studios, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Entertainment. To learn more about the UHD Alliance, please visit: www.uhdalliance.org