Ultra HD provides an unprecedented viewing experience, with cinema-like picture quality combined with an expected increase of screen sizes at home.

The take-off of Ultra HD will be facilitated by the implementation of a new compression standard, HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding).

Satellites are a natural platform for broadcasting Ultra HD content thanks to their bandwidth availability and coverage. Ultra HD requires significant transmission capacity, that some terrestrial systems will not be able to provide everywhere immediately.

Satellite capacity is fully transparent and requires no modification to accommodate Ultra HD transmissions. Several Quad HDTV / 4k TV channels can be transported per transponder.