June 27 this year. Russian operator Tricolor TV platforms in Russia performed the first public broadcast TV in ultra-high resolution format (Ultra HD). The premiere took place in cooperation with representatives of various companies, including Eutelsat Communications, Ericsson, NPO SwiazProjekt, Rohde & Schwarz DVS, NPF Sphere Video and LG Electronics, Inc.. In the show the most important people involved in the telecommunications industry, representatives of companies, television channels, the official representatives of the Russian government and state-owned companies.

Especially for this occasion, RTG TV channel on behalf of Tricolor TV filmed a 16-minute film format utrawysokiej definition of extreme sports. The film was presented on 84-inch 3D TV with support Ultra HD LG (model 84LM960V). Satellite transmission is realized via Eutelsat 36A (36 ° E) on the frequency 12.360 GHz, pol. R, the transmission standard DVB-S2 and MPEG-4. The transmission was conducted with bitrate 40 Mbit / s at a rate of 25 frames per second with a resolution of 3840x2160 pixels (four times higher value compared to Full HD - 1920x1080).

Today there are all prerequisites for the development of Ultra HD format, said technical director Tricolor TV, Igor Kocariew. Equipment manufacturers have shaped a new trend: the new TVs require more high quality content. And in April 2013. as an international standard has been adopted, the new codec-H.265 HEVC. Codec while maintaining a high quality of transmission can reduce the transmission rate is 50% compared with the contemporary standard - H.264. More efficient compression can help operators save on future satellite capacity.

New Ultra HD format is designed for the new generation of TVs with screen sizes of 50 inches.

Our Russian telecom market in terms of innovation lags 3-5 years behind other countries. We try to get closer to world trends. Ultra HD format is still young - the international standard has been adopted as a recommendation of the International Telecommunication Union last year, said the director responsible for the content of the Tricolor TV. TV shows and movies shot in 4K format, if the world is not much. TVs that support the new format, recently appeared on the market. Anyway, a few years ago the same was said about HDTV, and today from 12.4 Tricolor TV customers has about one million subscribers HD. We are confident that in a few years for our subscribers TV will be available in ultra-high-definition format, he added.