4K in Latin America: Hispasat to launch a trial
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Hispasat to launch a trial channel in 4K for Latin America
http://nextvlatam.com/hispasat-to-launch-a-tr...a/?lang=en
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The company has began permanent, unscrambled satellite transmissions of its HISPASAT 4K channel, making it available to the industry to perform tests and develop advanced solutions for new video formats. In doing so, its aim is to contribute to the generation of content in this format, and boost the development of this technology to be able to roll it out for viewers as soon as possible. The HISPASAT 4K channel will enable UHD content to be broadcasted. The first broadcast is a fifty-minute documentary on the Prado Museum produced by Televisión Española (RTVE) and co-produced by HISPASAT.
http://www.hispasat.com/en/soluciones-y-servi...definicion
And guess who's a partner: Samsung
OTT Market in Latin America 2014-2018:
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The Latin American VOD OTT market will also reach 5.54 million pay accounts in 2014. Dataxis estimates that, by 2018, the Latin American VOD OTT market will record a total of 16.25 million operational pay accounts.
http://dataxis.com/ott-market-in-latin-america-2014-2018/