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Envivio powers world-first live 4K broadcast of French Open Tennis

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Sharath Kumar
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USA: Envivio announced that its 4K Ultra HD compression technology is being used by French broadcaster TDF for live streaming of the French Open 2014 tennis championship to compatible 4K TV sets in France.

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This represents the world's first digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcast video transmission delivered in 4K, using HEVC (H.265) compression.

Coverage of various matches from the Center Court will be broadcast by TDF in DVB-T2 format to TNT, the national DTT service, and will be viewable on compatible Panasonic 4K TVs as well as other compatible 4K television sets. This will include TV sets at the RG Lab on France Televisions' booth as well as at French Tennis Federation's facilities on the Champs de Mars near to the Eiffel Tower transmission facility.

The 4K video being distributed is encoded at 50 frames per second using Envivio Muse Ultra HD encoding software on Envivio G5 appliances.

Organized by the International Tennis Federation and the French Tennis Federation, the French Open is one of the four international Grand Slam events for tennis, and draws millions of viewers from around the globe. The 2014 competition takes place in Paris from May 25-June 8.

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