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ZetaCast advises Ofcom on Future Services Beyond HDTV

ZetaCast is pleased to have been commissioned by the UK regulator, Ofcom, to provide an independent report evaluating the likely bandwidth requirements for future television services.

The report, entitled "Beyond HD: Implications for Digital Delivery", provides a review of next generation television display technology developments, in order to provide insight into the bit rates that are likely to be required to deliver such services. It concentrates on the potential development of stereoscopic TV ("3D" TV) and Ultra High Definition television (UHDTV), although other issues such as higher frame rate, wider aspect ratio, greater bit depth, improved chrominance resolution and wider colour gamut are also considered.

The report explores some possible scenarios for the broadcasting of stereoscopic TV and UHDTV by terrestrial and satellite broadcasting, taking into account the likely developments in channel coding and modulation. Three scenarios for technology development are considered: most probable, pessimistic and optimistic. The pessimistic case is intended to be close to a worst case situation, which there is a 90% probability of exceeding. The optimistic scenario is intended to represent a best case situation, with only a 10% probability of exceeding. In each scenario, predictions are made on the number of services that could be carried in an 8MHz terrestrial channel and a 36MHz satellite transponder in the year 2020.

Click here to see the ZetaCast Report on Beyond HDTV: Implications for Digital Delivery

Click here to see a previous ZetaCast Report commissioned by Ofcom on DTT HD Capacity Issues