Focus: Ultra-HD
June 15, 2018
Intelsat is partnering with Latin American broadcaster Globo to demonstrate live 8K Ultra-HD video transmissions in Brazil for the 2018 World Cup. Beginning today and running through July 15, content will be broadcast as part of an exhibition at the Museu de Amanha, Rio de Janeiro’s science museum. The 8K signal will be transmitted as…
May 23, 2018
SES will be broadcasting an 8K television signal via its satellite system for the first time during its annual SES Industry Days, taking place today and tomorrow in Luxembourg. Relying on the new DVB-S2X standard, the transmission will be carried out on a single 36 MHz transponder on Astra 3B. With a resolution of 7680x4320…
April 13, 2018
Eutelsat Communications announced that the NASA High Definition (NTV-3) and NASA Ultra High Definition (NTV-4) channels are broadcasting in Free-to-Air (FTA) via satellite for the first time across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Viewers from across these regions can now view images from the U.S. space program, including coverage of launches,…
April 11, 2018
Ericsson Media Solutions has launched its MediaFirst Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD) solution, a software-based, multi-application media processing and encoding platform. The new solution leverages algorithms for encoding Ultra-HD content to be delivered across contribution networks. With the freedom to use High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology, as well as a cloud-agnostic choice of private, public or…