SES led the first Ultra HD transmission in...
SES led the first Ultra HD transmission in the new High Efficiency Video Coding standard live from an Astra satellite at 19.2 degrees east. The standard features “an up to 50 percent encoding efficiency improvement,” SES said in a press…
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release. The transmission was demonstrated at an SES event in Luxembourg. It broadcast a full 3840 x 2160 pixel Ultra HD picture in HEVC, “while previous demonstrations were either broadcast in H.264 or using 4 HD pictures in parallel,” it said. The transmission was demonstrated through a partnership with Harmonic and Broadcom Corp., SES said.