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BROADCAST • PRODUCTION • BROADBAND • SATELLITE • MOBILE
➤ Advances in Professional Monitors
Is 5G Evolving Into Broadcast TV?
Are they HDR-ready? —page 18
➤ Inside Audio
Huawei’s 2019 CES exhibit had plenty of cutting edge electronics, but no TVs (yet).
Huawei’s planned 5G 8K receiver heightens expectations for telecom integration
How do we get to immersive? —page 25
➤ Equipment Guides
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Production Switchers, Editing & Graphics/ Transmitters & RF Equipment —pages 27-34
BY GARY ARLEN BETHESDA, Md.—When reports surfaced early last month that Huawei—the giant Chinese telecom manufacturer, best known for its infrastructure equipment and handsets—is planning to make 8K television receivers for 5G video transmissions, fear
and skepticism popped up around the globe. Why would a company with a limited consumer electronics presence (aside from handsets, of which it is a world-leader) plunge into the competitive and low-margin TV receiver business? Would the Huawei initiative—if true—affect the dynamics of 5G, PAGE 8