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HD & UHD

Delivering stunning content consistently

Reaching all audiences with consistent HD and UHD quality

Audiences expect seamless HD and UHD experiences, while broadcasters and content providers face pressure to ensure consistent quality across a fragmented digital landscape. Meeting this demand at scale requires a strategic, robust infrastructure.

 - Reaching all viewers across wide geographic regions

- Delivering content to multiple networks

- Ensuring bandwidth availability, especially at peak times, to deliver a consistent, high-quality service 

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Delivering an unprecedented viewing experience

As demand for high-definition and ultra-high-definition content continues to grow, satellite is a powerful and reliable solution for broadcasters aiming to deliver consistent HD and UHD quality at scale — especially for live or linear content.

Reach

Satellite reaches audiences in remote and underserved areas where broadband infrastructure is limited or inconsistent.

Bandwidth

Stable, high-bandwidth transmission ideal for HD and UHD formats, with minimal risk of buffering or degradation.

Scalability

Satellite enables simultaneous distribution to multiple networks and platforms, making it ideal for live events and linear broadcasting.

Consistency

Unlike internet-based delivery, satellite delivery is not affected by local network congestion or peak-time slowdowns.

HOW IT WORKS?

Satellites are a natural platform for broadcasting HD and UHD content. Their bandwidth availability and wide coverage areas enable viewers to receive the same quality signal wherever they are located within the satellite coverage. 

When broadcasters need to reach all viewers across a region, no matter their location, it can be challenging to deliver content to all networks. The DVB-SIS (Single Illumination System) technology standard resolves this by enabling both terrestrial and satellite networks to be fed from a single content source. Satellite has the available bandwidth and extensive reach, to provide extremely popular, premium quality content to all users across vast territories, as well as offset terrestrial networks for a smooth, consistent viewing experience.

As demand for UHD grows, and broadcasters look to differentiate their offer, satellite provides the perfect distribution platform to handle bandwidth requirements, delivering consistent quality to a maximum of viewers across wide geographic regions. Eutelsat's satellite capacity distributes UHD content to cable and IP network operators as well as DTH homes across our extensive satellite footprints.

With 4K standards, France Télévisions is proud to deliver France 2 and France 3 with outstanding picture and sound quality. Eutelsat provided an innovative, competitive solution for distributing content via terrestrial and satellite networks. Their technical expertise and service quality were key to our success.

Jacques Donat-Bouillud
Head of Distribution, France Télévisions

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