Sony is ramping up its efforts to provide 4K content by remastering select productions in the new format and restoring classic movies in 4K. As part of the initiative, Sony Pictures Television will remaster all five seasons of “Breaking Bad” in 4K. We can also expect to see 4K versions of “Groundhog Day,” “Ghostbusters,” “Glory,” “Funny Girl” and “On The Waterfront.”

“An estimated 50 ‘Ultra HD,’ or 4K, TVs were launched earlier this month at CES,” writes Carolyn Giardina for The Hollywood Reporter. “Certain displays from companies such as Samsung, Toshiba and Sony offer the ability to upconvert content to 4K, which is four times the resolution of today’s HD programming. Still, many stakeholders are also asking when native 4K content might become available.”

“For film-originated content such as ‘Funny Girl’ and ‘Breaking Bad,’ the process involves scanning the original camera negative in 4K and doing all of the work including image clean up (for restoration projects) and color grading in 4K resolution.”

Sony-owned post-production facility Colorworks is handling much of the 4K work. The group is also launching a 4K television production department this week.

Additionally, Sony announced at CES that it has plans to offer a “Mastered in 4K” program, through which “the company will select certain content for release on Blu-ray that was sourced from 4K masters,” explains Giardina. “Blu-ray doesn’t support 4K, but Sony claims that this 4K mastered content, upconverted on an Ultra HDTV, can provide the ‘best possible picture’ until native 4K is available.”