Satellite operator SES will team with Samsung and...

Satellite operator SES will team with Samsung and Swiss pay TV provider SmarDTV at the IBC2014 show in Amsterdam to mount the world’s first demonstration of Ultra HD content being beamed live from an SES satellite to a TV using central authentication service (CAS) encryption and a standard SmarDTV CI Plus decryption module, the companies said Thursday in a news release. The demo is the first time that a full 3840 x 2160-pixel CAS-protected Ultra HD signal in HEVC will be decrypted by a standard SmarDTV CI Plus Module and rendered on a Samsung Ultra HD TV, they said. “This opens the door for pay-TV service providers to directly access the new Ultra HD sets that are being rapidly adopted by consumers around the world.” The Ultra HD content will be broadcast live from an SES satellite at 19.2 degrees east using the DVB consortium’s “UHD Phase 1” signaling specs, they said. The IBC2014 exhibition floor opens Friday for a five-day run.