Mohammed Hamza (S&P Global): “el OTT sigue siendo el principal impulsor del acceso a contenido UHD”

Los elementos clave para el despegue definitivo del 4K (televisores, mediaplayers y set-top boxes) están ganando cuota de mercado de forma progresiva ha asegurado en la 4K-HDR Summit el analista principal de S&p Global.

Mohammed Hamza, principal analyst at S&P Global, has attended one more year 4K-HDR from Malaga to publicize the studies that take the pulse of the uses and customs of users in relation to 4K devices and content.

Los key elements for the definitive takeoff of 4K (televisions, media players and set-top boxes) are progressively gaining market share.

Los linear content in 4K They are continually growing, but beyond sports they are still very niche. Only four UHD channels have been launched worldwide in the first half of 2019, to which two additional channel launches announced for the end of the year, including BS NTV in Japan and Globo in Brazil.

“We expect UHD channels to reach 197 globally by the end of 2019, representing a 16.6% increase from 169 year-on-year (excluding the overlap of three channels in the Americas and 13 channels across various regions of the world),” said Mohammed Hamza.

He OTT It continues to be the main driver of access to UHD content with 73 OTT services, a trend that will increase even more with the takeoff of Disney+ and Apple TV, Hamza noted.

On the other hand, he highlighted that a huge number of smartphones Today they provide 4K viewing, playback or capture, all with different quality levels depending on fps, sensor, HDR, optical stabilization...

“Do we really need these small displays or are we just future-proofing, like right now where the industry is already testing 8K, with the ability to provide quality downscaling for the resolution supported by the display device,” he asked.

4K is more difficult to process, export, edit, and store and this is a handicap in its strong takeoff, he stated.

Finally, regarding the world of video games, the possibility of playing in the cloud in 4K is still a remote possibility, Hamza concluded.