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SES is using the IBC2013 show in Amsterdam to showcase two Ultra HD demo channels in thennew high efficiency video coding (HEVC) standard, SES said Thursday. For one of the Ultra HD channels,nSES is partnering with Sky Deutschland and Harmonic to showcase delivery of Ultra HD content,nincluding sports matches, movies and documentaries, to the first real Ultra HD consumer set-top boxesnfrom Humax and Technicolor, connected to a Sony 84-inch 4K TV, it said. SES and Fraunhofer are usingnthe other Ultra HD channel to broadcast Ultra HD content using HEVC, but at higher frame rates up ton60p as enabled by the new HDMI 2.0 specification, it said. SES has “immediate plans to use these UltranHD transmissions to provide our industry partners with live satellite signals to demonstrate devices withnthe 50/60 Hz frame rates that the new HDMI 2.0 interface will be capable of,” said Thomas Wrede, SESnvice president-reception systems. "As technologies for Ultra HD mature, SES will continue to work withnpartners to make Ultra HD the ultimate television experience for consumers, not just with more pixels butnwith better pixels that also deliver brighter, smoother and more colorful pictures." IBC2013 openednThursday for a six-day run.