First Global Ultra HD Channel, Fashion One 4K, Launches on SES Satellites

The Fashion One TV network began the world’s first global Ultra HD channel, Fashion One 4K, using a SES satellite to deliver the free-to-air channel to North America, South America and Europe, SES said in a Wednesday announcement. Fashion One 4K has a “technical reach” of 100 million homes in North America via SES’s Ultra HD platform on the SES-3 satellite at 103 degrees West and 23 million households in South America on the NSS-806 satellite at 47.5 degrees West, SES said. In Europe, the channel, broadcast under the brand Fashion 4K, reaches more than 116 million households via SES’ prime orbital position at 19.2 degrees East, SES said. Since last year, Fashion One has been upgrading its production format to Ultra HD and now owns “an extensive library” of Ultra HD content with all the content rights, SES said.