DTW: It will be a separate version [to the standard Blue Planet II episodes on iPlayer], but if you've got a capable device it will come up with a message saying, you can watch in UHD. The octopus must be careful - it can sacrifice a limb but a bite to its head could prove fatal, Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding together off the coast of Monterey, USA. The boundary between land and sea is an exciting place, with animals constantly coming and going. Read about our approach to external linking. What extra post-production work was done to present Blue Planet II in 4K and HDR? Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Not for any technical reason at our end, but when we came to look at the range of devices that were available, we couldn't find enough devices out there capable of actually using our UHD effectively. For the last six weeks, Blue Planet II has been making those winter evenings feel a little less dark – and now the nature series is about to get even brighter. This vast ocean desert where sperm whales must dive 1,000 metres just to feed. JavaScript seems to be disabled. ... Blue Planet II. We looked at [releasing a 4K version] for Planet Earth II last year [on iPlayer].

The meadows are comprised of many species including the seagrass Amphibolis Antarctica. One of the great things about iPlayer is the breadth and range of content – as well as natural history, there's amazing drama and comedy and entertainment. It lives in tunnels, fifty centimetres deep on the edge of mangroves along the Australian coast. Even if you haven't got the full superfast broadband or your network goes slow, you will more than likely get something that's a higher quality than iPlayer now. It is also known as €˜floating terror' as it sails with the wind, trailing tentacles that can deliver a vicious sting - painful to humans but paralysing for fish, Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), the largest species of jellyfish in the world. The ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs. Best TV shows to watch on BBC iPlayer, from Spooks to Blue Planet There are plenty of TV shows to keep us busy during quiet evenings in quarantine, these are the best on BBC iPlayer … The ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of. BBC is a trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation. This is what attracts the whales. That's happened with HD, and the same will happen here. You can find our Community Guidelines in full Natural history shows already have production workflows that enable us to do [4K versions], and those workflows then need to cascade through the rest of the organisation. Incredible teamwork from little Clownfish. More. More people have walked on the moon than have travelled to the very depths of the ocean. The BBC’s hit nature series is arriving in 4K HDR on iPlayer, meaning those fluorescent fish and stunning vistas will look even more vibrant and sharply-defined than ever before. iPlayer Accessibility Help Menu. DTW: Yeah, very much so. They support an enormous range of life, from the largest whales to the smallest plankton, from hordes of sea birds to lonely, deep-sea fish. ), {{#singleComment}}{{value}} Comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} Comments{{/singleComment}}, {{#singleComment}}{{value}} comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} comments{{/singleComment}}, Why 4K and HDR is essential to your next TV, Blue Planet is most watched TV show of 2017 with 17 million viewers, Major Apple Mac security flaw lets anyone log in without a password, Show{{#moreThan3}} {{value_total}}{{/moreThan3}} comments, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. There are three more steps in the middle. They support great populations of seagrass grazers, such as the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the manatee as well as their predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier, A giant spider crab (Leptomithrax gaimardii) emerging from the shell it has outgrown. A vast, deep canyon at the head of the bay is the source of great upwellings of nutrients for seasonal phytoplankton blooms.

It forms great forests along the Pacific coast of North America, from central California to Baja California in Mexico. The giant structures of this kelp create homes and hiding places for thousands of undersea forest dwellers, zebra mantis shrimp (Lysiosquillina maculata), the largest mantis shrimp in the world. A groundbreaking journey to the deepest parts of the oceans. If you have a 4K and HDR TV, will you automatically get the best version of Blue Planet II, or is it something you have to activate manually?

Read more. It was around the original release of Planet Earth and Blue Planet that people switched to HD. Its tentacles can deliver a vicious sting - painful to humans but paralysing for fish, Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). And we'll look at our sport and other live activities. The oceans are an integral part of our lives. Own it today on Blu-Ray and DVD Own it today on digital download The venomous Portuguese man-of-war is not a jellyfish but a siphonophore, a colonial animal made up of specialised individuals working together. PL: It's adaptive bitrate, so there are other resolutions available [between full 4K and standard HD 1080p]. This programme explores seasonal changes in the richest waters on Earth, where the annual cycle of the sun drives an explosion of life. The same thing’s happened here. Humpback whales, Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), Pacific Ocean. This episode looks at how the tides create opportunities for marine life. All this is governed by a complex system of biological and physical forces. After being treated to a 4K HDR episode of Blue Planet II, we caught up with Dan Taylor-Watt, Head of BBC iPlayer, and Phil Layton, BBC R&D’s Head of Broadcast and Connected Systems, about the new version of Blue Planet II and the future of Ultra High Definition at the BBC. BBC/Lisa Labinjoh/Joe Platko

DTW: I think it's a big part of it, but I think there’s lots of other genres which look fantastic in Ultra High Definition. DTW: A lot of the work is upstream of iPlayer – getting the assets encoded took a day per episode.

DTW: Another big area of focus is working with TV manufacturers to test the assets and check it's working as expected. It seemed a very good one to go for, giving people the series over Christmas for 30 days.

The venomous Portuguese man-of-war is not a jellyfish but a siphonophore, a colonial animal made up of specialised individuals working together. But this inadvertently led to breakthroughs in the understanding of the ocean's circulatory system, How plastic is killing our sea creatures in the ocean, The footage showed the effect plastic can have on creatures of the deep sea, A scientist uses lasers to measure a whaleshark, An Atlantic puffin with a beakful of food for its chick in Hornoya Island, Norway, A male Kobudai (Asian Sheephead Wrasse), Japan, An orange-dotted tuskfish holds a clam in its jaws on the Great Barrier Ree, A cheeky green turtle in Sipidan, Borneo, Malaysia, The fangtooth has the largest teeth relative to body size for any fish in the entire ocean, Giant Trevally patrolling the shallows of a lagoo, An orange-dotted tuskfish holds a clam in its formidable jaws on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Humpback whale in the fjords of Northern Norway, Atlantic Ocean, Bottlenose dolphins with a calf, Red Sea, Egypt, Giant Waves breaking along the Wild Coast, South Africa, A hermit crab with the super pincers it uses to feed, False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) travelling with a pod of oceanic Bottlenose dolphins off the coast of the North Island, New Zealand, Scientist Steve Simpson uses a multi-directional hydrophone to record the sounds of the reef, Giant Trevally patrolling the shallows of a lagoon, Walrus mother and pup resting on an iceberg in Svalbard, Arctic, A giant cuttlefish mating aggregation, South Australia, Blue Planet 2 is coming to BBC iPlayer in 4K and HDR, Brighter and better: Blue Planet II is coming to iPlayer in 4K and HDR, BBC iPlayer exec on 4K, Blue Planet, and the future of streaming, ( It’s the first BBC show to get the 4K treatment on iPlayer – and it’s a strong hint of where the BBC might be focusing its efforts in the coming years.

Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? There's a virtuous circle – by making this content available it incentivises manufacturers to ensure that they're supporting the standard format. PL: It was over the summer. Chronicling the mysteries of the deep, coastline populations, sea mammals, tidal and climatic influences and the complete biological system that revolves around the world’s oceans, Blue Planet is the definitive exploration of the marine world. They can pursue their prey at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour, Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) at dawn. Sea otters must eat around 30% of their body weight every day but, when not hunting, they rest by floating on their backs, frequently wrapping themselves in fronds of kelp for better stability, Purple urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) have incredibly tough, self-sharpening teeth made almost entirely from calcite and so hard that they can grind through rock.

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