{"id":138476,"date":"2015-09-14T08:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T06:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=138476"},"modified":"2015-09-14T08:32:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T06:32:09","slug":"nasa-tv-uhd-here-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/138476-nasa-tv-uhd-here-soon.html","title":{"rendered":"NASA TV UHD here soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA and\u00a0Harmonic plan to launch NASA TV UHD &#8211; the first ever non-commercial consumer ultra-high definition channel in North America.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership is the result of a Space Act Agreement between Harmonic and the agency\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Using a UHD video delivery system from Harmonic, NASA TV\u00a0will have the capability to deliver linear 2160p60 video content.<\/p>\n<p>Leveraging the 8MP resolution of UHD, the channel will showcase the \u201cbreathtaking beauty and grandeur of space\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>NASA TV UHD video will be sourced from high-resolution images and video generated on the International Space Station and other NASA missions, as well as re-mastered footage from historical missions.<\/p>\n<p>Harmonic is currently in discussions with pay TV operators to carry the channel.<\/p>\n<p>The channel will also stream on the Internet, and\u00a0will require at least a 13Mbps connection for optimal viewing.<\/p>\n<p>The new UHD channel is expected to launch on 1 November.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on NASA<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/121248-8-year-4-8-billion-km-journey-for-nasa-spacecraft.html\">8-year, 4.8-billion km journey for NASA spacecraft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/95397-nasa-launched-a-new-communications-satellite.html\">NASA launched a new communications satellite<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/105139-nasa-to-launch-satellite-to-track-carbon-dioxide.html\">NASA to launch satellite to track carbon dioxide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA and Harmonic have partnered to launch the first non-commercial UHD TV channel in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":86359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[36,761,32816],"class_list":["post-138476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-active","tag-nasa","tag-nasa-tv-uhd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138480,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138476\/revisions\/138480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}