China launches first 8K UHD satellite channel on ChinaSat 9B
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On May 12, 2024, China's first official satellite 8K UHD TV channel "CCTV-8K UHD" launched for testing.
The channel uses 128 Mbps MPEG-2 TS transmission on ChinaSat 9B (101.4°E), transport carrier is 12170 L 51400, modulation is DVB-S2 5/6 8-PSK.
Video coding is AVS3 HLG, audio coding is 2CH MPEG-1.
![Image](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/0f/60/uUjyXxBX_t.jpg)
Since the channel adopts very high bitrates and symbol rates, many satellite receivers and software may not work properly.
The channel uses 128 Mbps MPEG-2 TS transmission on ChinaSat 9B (101.4°E), transport carrier is 12170 L 51400, modulation is DVB-S2 5/6 8-PSK.
Video coding is AVS3 HLG, audio coding is 2CH MPEG-1.
![Image](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/0f/60/uUjyXxBX_t.jpg)
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Metadata:
service_name : CCTV-8K-S
service_provider: CCTV
Stream #0:0[0x200]: Video: avs3 ([212][0][0][0] / 0x00D4), yuv420p10le(bt2020nc/bt2020/arib-std-b67), 7680x4320, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn
Stream #0:1[0x28a](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
Since the channel adopts very high bitrates and symbol rates, many satellite receivers and software may not work properly.