SES has for the first time broadcast a 8K television signal via its satellite system at the annual SES Industry Days conference, which took place in Luxembourg on May 23 and 24. The signal transmission (DVB-S2X standard) will be carried out on one 36 MHz transponder on the ASTRA 3B satellite. Video with a resolution of 7680x4320 pixels will be encoded in HEVC and transmitted at a speed of 80 Mbps, which is four times higher than for a 4K signal. In addition, the test transmission uses a proprietary formatted IP signal, giving some insight into the requirements for the future All-IP broadcast infrastructure for television. The demonstration became possible thanks to SES's cooperation with Spin Digital, which has significant experience in decoding and playing back 8K HEVC signals in real time using software. Spin Digital encoded the content using its HEVC encoding device. In addition, SES is collaborating with Sharp / UMC, which provides 8K screens. 8K content with a frame rate of 60 frames per second and a color depth of 10 bits was shot on an 8K camera, provided by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) and also has 8K animation (CGI), provided by Unigine Corp. «While 8K broadcasts remain challenging to implement with the video signal codecs available today, and it will be several years before 8K reaches consumers' homes, this demonstration shows that satellites are already capable of transmitting 8K signals. We are always striving to take the video viewing experience to a new level, so we are very proud to be able to provide this exciting demonstration of the future of television», said Thomas Wrede, Vice President of New Technologies and Standards at SES Video. «At the same time, we continue to focus on supporting our customers and partners in delivering modern technologies, such as 4K UHD and HDR, to consumers' homes».