Telefonica has chosen Broadcom's HEVC-enabled system-on-chip (SoC) technology to deliver Ultra High Definition (Ultra HD) IPTV broadcasts with 4k content to subscribers in Brazil.
Telefonica is leveraging its extensive fiber optical network and integration of Broadcom's advanced compression and decoding technology to distribute ultra HD content, including recent live broadcasts of select World Cup games.
Broadcom, a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, said that its high efficiency video coding (HEVC)-enabled chipsets significantly increase the speed of transmiting 4K content, allowing operators and users to receive Ultra HD content in half the time, at 50 percent of the bit rate previously required.
Broadcom's SoC devices -BCM7445 and BCM7252 come with market leading video encoding features, including 4096 x 2160p60 resolution, integrated MoCA 2.0 for advanced home networking and 2180p60 or dual 1080p60 decode and transcode capabilities.
"Broadcom is committed to bringing the precise, live-action images enabled by 4kp60 Ultra HD to consumers around the world. Collaborating with Telefonica allows us to take a significant step forward in delivering Ultra HD to their Vivo TV Fibra subscribers for an exceptional live-action TV viewing experience."
- Dan Marotta, Broadcom Executive Vice President and General Manager, Broadband & Connectivity Group
"As a global telecommunications provider with more than 300 million customers and the sixth largest mobile network provider in the world, Telefonica is highly focused on providing the most advanced features to our subscribers. As Ultra HD continues to gain momentum in Latin America, North America, Europe and beyond, our collaboration with Broadcom will play an important part in delivering the picture quality needed for the immersive viewing experience that Ultra HD provides."
- Rafael Sgrott Martins, Video Director, Telefonica
