Ateme Providing H.265 Encoding Platform for Live 4K Video of French Open Tennis

Ateme is providing the primary H.265 video encoding platform for live 4K broadcasts during the two-week French Open tennis championships, the video compression technology supplier said in a Wednesday announcement. The live video is being encoded in Ultra HD at 50 frames a second using BT.2020 colorimetry, Ateme said. The images are being broadcast on the Fransat satellite platform, “and can be viewed on any 4K compatible TV,” it said, though no consumer TVs on the market today are capable of reproducing BT.2020 color.