UK’s Digital TV Group Teaming With German TV Platform on Series of UHD ‘Plugfests’

The U.K.’s Digital TV Group will team with its counterpart, the German TV Platform, on a series of joint “plugfests” to test the interoperability of Ultra HD TVs and content “as new services develop,” the groups said in a Tuesday announcement. The first plugfest, scheduled for Dec. 8-9 in Berlin, “will examine the delivery and support of high dynamic range UHD, by connecting UHD displays and receivers together with sample content,” they said. Future plugfests will alternate between London and Berlin, “examining other facets of the UHD experience,” they said. Manufacturers that take part in the plugfests can find out how their products will perform with emerging Ultra HD services in Europe’s two largest TV markets, they said.