Eutelsat ramps up its 4K/UHD broadcasting activity as it launches the first European demo channel encoded in HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) and broadcast at 50fps with 10-bit colour depth.
The channel is found in the HOT BIRD 13° East video neighborhood covering EMEA territories. It is also the first customers can receive directly on 4K TVs equipped with DVB-S2 demodulators and HEVC decoders.
Broadcasts include extracts from a performance shot at the Royal Chapel at Versailles of Monteverdi’s Vespers conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. A co-production Wahoo Production and Château de Versailles Spectacles with the participation of France Télévisions, it was shot using 8 cameras operating at 50fps.