In the consumer electronics market companies had previously only used the term at the 2012 but that had changed to 'Ultra HD' during the 2013 CES. In Japan, 8K UHDTV will be known as Super Hi-Vision since was the term used in Japan for HDTV. Alternative terms Ultra-high-definition television is also known as Ultra HD, UHD, and UHDTV.
The 'UHD Alliance', an industry consortium of content creators, distributors, and hardware manufacturers, announced during CES 2016 press conference its 'Ultra HD Premium' specification, which defines resolution, bit depth, color gamut, (HDRI) and (HDRR) required for Ultra HD (UHDTV) content and displays to carry their Ultra HD Premium logo.
From just 30 in Q3 2015, the forum published a list up to 55 commercial services available around the world offering 4K resolution.
