HDMI LA Sets ‘Major Announcement’ for CES Eve on HDMI Support for HLG HDR

The HDMI Licensing Administrator scheduled a Jan. 4 news conference in Las Vegas on the eve of CES, where it plans a “major announcement,” the group said in a media alert emailed Wednesday to reporters. HDMI LA representatives didn’t comment on the nature of the announcement. HDMI LA President Rob Tobias told us at IFA that the 90-company HDMI Forum was working to approve a specification for HDMI support of hybrid log-gamma (HLG) technology for high dynamic range developed by BBC and NHK for broadcast use, and he hoped an announcement would be possible by CES (see 1609020024). HLG, which requires no metadata for HDR broadcasting, had a ubiquitous presence at IFA, with multiple companies running HLG demos at their stands. CES is expected to have the first announcements of full-fledged HLG support in actual products for 2017 introduction.