4K arrives in Castilla-La Mancha thanks to the collaboration of Telecom CLM, Castilla-La Mancha Media and RTVE

Castilla-La Mancha will be the first Autonomous Community in Spain in which 4K broadcasts can be received in all its main cities.

This Wednesday the first 4K broadcasts in Castilla-La Mancha, fruit of the collaboration of RTVE, CMM y Telecom-Castilla-La Mancha. 4K broadcasts substantially improve the quality and sharpness of the image, multiply by four the definition provided by HD and are configured as the natural evolution of DTT, the open, universal and free television platform for all citizens.

RTVE participates in this initiative with the objective of sharing technological aspects of this new technology with Telecom-CLM, through the RTVE Chair-Polytechnic University of Madrid, and providing a large amount of 4K audiovisual content for broadcast. Among them are the series of World Heritage Cities and the Prado Museum. RTVE will be present in this first broadcast with the chapter dedicated to Toledo, of the World Heritage Cities series.

CMM is involved in providing 4K content on nature and environmental protection, especially in caring for the biodiversity and water resources of Castilla-La Mancha.

Telecom-CLM, during the first months of 2020, will extend these emissions to all the capitals of the region, making it the first Autonomous Community of Spain in which 4K broadcasts can be received in all its main cities, reaching coverage of more than 50% of the population.

In Toledo, the channel used for these new broadcasts is canal 35 and citizens who tune in through their individual or collective antenna, once adapted, will be able to see the best 4K images available for Castilla-La Mancha.

The emissions are carried out under the provisions of the new National Technical Plan for DTT (RD391/19) and are experimental in nature with the aim of promoting technological innovation in television audiovisual services, using ultra high definition with advanced video formats such as HEVC and through transmitting equipment with greater spectral efficiency, with the evolution to DVB-T2.

The event is expected to be attended by the President of the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page; Samuel Martin Mateos, director of RTVE's La 2; the director of CMM, Carmen Amores; and the director of Telecom-CLM, Wenceslao Sanchez.