Citing improvements in picture quality and replication that should be a boon to UHD content, MediaKind has announced that it has updated its encoding stack with the latest Dolby Vision HDR profiles, with a focus on its live encoding offerings. MediaKind has supported Dolby Vision for many years, we were told. A MediaKind spokesperson said that by adopting the new profiles, specifically 8.1 and 5, “MediaKind is at the forefront of adopting new standards and the implementation of the profiles in our products, certified by Dolby, and ensures that we can continue to deliver the best in high quality streaming and broadcast experiences for our customers.” On first reading the announcement, you would infer that MediaKind was a bit late…