In May 2016, Modern Times Group, proprietor of the Viasat DTH platform announced the launch of Viasat Ultra Hd, the first UHD channel for the Nordic location. On 29 September 2017, BSAT-4a, devoted for UHDTV programming and was also claimed "the world's initial 8K satellite", was released from the Guiana Space Centre aboard Ariane five rocket. On July 15, 2014, Researchers from the University of Essex both captured and delivered its graduation ceremonies in 4K UHDTV around the world wide web utilizing H.264 in realtime. Content was streamed at 60 frames for every 2nd utilizing HLS and Dash. At the 2019 SES Industry Days convention at Betzdorf, Luxembourg broadcast quality 8K material (with a resolution of 7680 × 4320 pixels at 50 fps) was encoded making use of a Spin Digital HEVC encoder (at a little bit fee of 70 Mbit/s), uplinked to a single 33 MHz transponder on SES' Astra 28.2°E satellites and the downlink gained and displayed on a Samsung 82 in (210 cm) Q950RB creation design Tv. DVB-T2 assessments in Paris for Ultra Hd HEVC broadcast with targets to change by 2020 the latest DVB-T MPEG4 Hd national broadcast. The programme was made by Astra satellite owner, SES in collaboration with European tradition channel ARTE, and transmitted free of charge-to-air, out there to any individual with reception of the Astra 19.2°E satellites and an extremely Hd display screen outfitted with an HEVC decoder.
