SINGAPORE—Broadcast monitor and management system provider Torque Video Systems has expanded its DVMon monitoring platform for DTV networks to support the new DVB-S2X transmission standard.

The DVB-S2X standard offers an efficiency gain of 51% compared to its predecessor, featuring higher bitrates to help enable wider adoption of UHD TV services.

This update to the DVMon family of products provides technical analysis of DVB-S2X modulation quality, according to Torque, with support for both real-time and historical log measurements.

“Combined with the DVMon comprehensive TS analysis and video content analysis of MPEG-2, H.264 and HEVC streams, the DVMon becomes an imperative, yet cost-effective gear for satellite operators, teleports, content playout centers and DTH operators,” said Danny Wilson, founder and CEO of Torque.

Onsite trial runs and demos of the DVMon with DVB-S2X support are currently underway. For more information, visit www.torquevideo.tv.  

Samsung has announced that it recently conducted a successful demonstration of sending 8K HDR images via satellite transmitted to a Samsung 82-inch QLED TV over HDMI 2.1.

The test broadcast used H.265 compression and was conducted at Seoul Mok-dong Broadcasting Center where 8K HDR images were transmitted to ETRI's Cheonian Ka-band satellite and shown over South Korean satellite broadcaster KT Skylife. ETRI is a South Korean-government funded research institute.

Samsung said it used the DVB-S2x transmission standard, which can expand satellite transmission bandwidth up to 100Mbps or more.

8KTVs were a prominent fixture at Samsung's 2019 CES booth, which included a massive 98-inch behemoth.  

“This test broadcast is significant in that it confirmed the technical stability of large-capacity satellite broadcasting in the future,” said Lee Han-han, head of technology at KT Skylife. "We will lead the market."