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Linkin Park Concert First to Be Beamed Via Satellite in 4K Using HEVC

The Linkin Park concert Nov. 19 at the O2 World Berlin arena will be the world’s first live concert to be broadcast via satellite encoded in HEVC with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels, 50 frames a second and a 10-bit color depth, said SES and Samsung, which are teaming up for the event. It will be available exclusively on the Astra Ultra HD demo channel and can be received on Samsung 2014 Ultra HD TV screens, they said. SES Platform Services will manage the encoding of the content, they said.