SES is using the IBC2013 show in Amsterdam...
SES is using the IBC2013 show in Amsterdam to showcase two Ultra HD demo channels in the new high efficiency video coding (HEVC) standard, SES said Thursday. For one of the Ultra HD channels, SES is partnering with Sky Deutschland…
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and Harmonic to showcase delivery of Ultra HD content, including sports matches, movies and documentaries, to the first real Ultra HD consumer set-top boxes from Humax and Technicolor, connected to a Sony 84-inch 4K TV, it said. SES and Fraunhofer are using the other Ultra HD channel to broadcast Ultra HD content using HEVC, but at higher frame rates up to 60p as enabled by the new HDMI 2.0 specification, it said. SES has “immediate plans to use these Ultra HD transmissions to provide our industry partners with live satellite signals to demonstrate devices with the 50/60 Hz frame rates that the new HDMI 2.0 interface will be capable of,” said Thomas Wrede, SES vice president-reception systems. “As technologies for Ultra HD mature, SES will continue to work with partners to make Ultra HD the ultimate television experience for consumers, not just with more pixels but with better pixels that also deliver brighter, smoother and more colorful pictures.” IBC2013 opened Thursday for a six-day run.