France-based
Thomson Video Networks, Friday, disclosed that HISPASAT has launched a trial
demonstration of its Ultra High Definition (HD) content delivery using the High
Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression capabilities of the ViBE VS7000
multi-screen encoding platform.
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recalls that HISPASAT, a leading satellite transmission operator with a strong
presence in Europe and South America, is deploying the VS7000 to deliver
HEVC-encoded Ultra HD content to air via its HISPASAT 1E satellite platform.
Also
gathered is that at the IBC2013, HISPASAT would demonstrate live Ultra HD video
streams using the Thomson Video Networks technology.
Ignacio
Sanchis, chief commercial officer at HISPASAT says this demonstration plays an
important role in the plans to promote the deployment of the most cutting-edge
compression and delivery formats — giving customers the ability to offer their
viewers the absolute highest-quality viewing experience.
“With the
Thomson Video Networks technology, we are hoping to create awareness within our
customer base and deliver live Ultra HD streams that can be used in many
different ways, such as demonstrating interoperability among manufacturers of
TV sets and set-top boxes," he said.
Facilitated
by Thomson Video Networks' exclusive MediaFlex video operating system, the ViBE
VS7000 is one of the first worldwide implementations of the emerging HEVC
compression standard designed to lower operators' OPEX for delivery of a wide
range of convergent TV services including WebTV and OTT, as well as traditional
broadcast applications.
“The ViBE
VS7000 video system combines Thomson's renowned next-generation compression
platform for outstanding picture quality in an all-IP environment with live,
broadcast-quality encoding, innovative video preprocessing, and
faster-than-real-time file transcoding,” he said.
Thomson
Video Networks has been participating in a proof-of-concept trial with HISPASAT
that ends this summer to demonstrate how its technologies can form an ecosystem
to drive future commercial Ultra HD service offerings based on HEVC
compression. The ViBE VS7000 will provide 4K file transcoding in HEVC, and
Thomson Video Networks' Sapphire transport stream server will play out the
Ultra HD HEVC-encoded content. The open-source GPAC or VLC HEVC-enabled media
players will decode the HEVC content for display on TV sets.
This trial
demonstration is also one of the first steps in the H2B2VS and UltraHD4U Eureka
research projects where partners set up a satellite 4K HEVC transmission,
paving the way for HEVC-based broadband and broadcast services.
"By
adding our own implementation of the new HEVC compression standard to the ViBE
VS7000, Thomson Video Networks is paving the way for HD and Ultra HD content on
any kind of device and any kind of network. HISPASAT is providing an important
service to the media industry by proving that the technology exists today
through the ViBE VS7000, and that it can be harnessed to encode 4K content in
HEVC for actual Ultra HD delivery," said Christophe Delahousse, president
of Thomson Video Networks.
In addition
to this HEVC trial demonstration, Thomson Video Networks and HISPASAT have
signed a wider cooperation agreement to promote Ultra HD TV jointly. As part of
this agreement, Thomson Video Networks will be a partner to the HISPASAT 4K
channel, which will be launched at IBC this year.
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