Hispasat has no doubt that 4K is coming, and maybe quicker than anyone expects.
As a result, said Ignacio Sanchis, the company’s CCO, it has decided to take an active role. Having already launched a 4K channel, it will now hold a 4K film festival this November.
On the technical side, its challenge for this year is to bring the bit rate down from 18 Mbps to 15 Mbps.
In a Q&A, when asked if 4K would be transient ahead of a move to 8K and beyond, he said that Hispasat believed that Ultra HD in 4K is a good balance of quality and ability to deploy.
Commenting on other issues, Sanchis said that the future winners of consolidation would probably be telcos.
He also said that the future would also not be entirely about OTT.
