Du plans 4K broadcasts from March


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 27 January 2016




UAE telco du is planning to commence broadcasting 4K content to subscribers in March, following a similar announcement from IPTV competitor Etisalat last month.


“We have already obtained rights from certain studios for delivering their 4K content. To start with we will be offering a bunch of TV series and movies in 4K,” du’s vice president of consumer, new business and innovation, Samer Geissah, told Emirates 24/7.

In December Etisalat announced that it would offer UAE subscribers the first Ultra HD 4K IPTV service in the Middle East and Africa in the first quarter 2016, in partnership with Huawei.

Netflix, which launched its online streaming service in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area earlier in 2016, already offers premium subscribers 4K titles, with a resolution of 3840x2160 pixels, about four times greater than full HD.