“Forget high-definition, broadcasters are now working on an ultra high-definition format known as Super Hi-Vision or SHV, with a resolution 16 times that of a full HD image. The first demonstration delivered by satellite is being staged at the IBC show in Amsterdam, in collaboration between public broadcasters NHK of Japan, RAI in Italy and the BBC in the United Kingdom.”

The implications are probably less about how this will imapct TV (who’s got a front room big enough?) and more about how it will impact cinema. No costly prints to transport, relatively cheap projection. Will this mean the end of the mega-multiplex and welcome back to the high street cinema?

If you can make it to this year’s IBC broadcast tech conference, you can check it out for yourself.