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Nokia, France Télévisions Team Up for First 8K UHD TV Streaming Over 5G

Nokia, France Télévisions Team Up for First 8K UHD TV Streaming Over 5G Image Credit: France TV Lab

Nokia and France Télévisions, the French National Public TV broadcaster, will  showcase the results of a PoC demonstration of the world's first 8K Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV streaming in real conditions over 5G at IBC 2018 which is taking place right now in Amsterdam.

Nokia and France Télévisions conducted the tests by transmitting a program recorded in 8K over a 5G wireless network at the Nokia Paris-Saclay Campus in France in July. The 5G network leveraged the Nokia AirScale radio access and AirFrame data center solution with the Velocix Content Delivery Network, which enables the delivery of high-volumes of video traffic in a cost-effective way, for an enhanced live or on-demand video experience.

Bell Labs Consulting forecasts that, by 2025, video content will comprise approximately 70 percent of all mobile traffic. The Nokia and France Télévisions demonstration showed the ability of 5G to offer a speed equivalent to fiber, with unmatched quality of service to support the future broadcast of 8K content on any compatible device, including 8K televisions.

Marc Rouanne, President of Mobile Networks, Nokia
Nokia is delivering an end-to-end 5G Future X solution that will provide the flexibility, capacity, speeds and latency for TV broadcasters and telecom operators to support ultra high quality live reporting and 8K high definition content delivered to consumers' mobile devices and televisions.

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