How many free 4K channels will there be in Spain in 2025? The answer, on 11-N at the 4K HDR Summit in Seville

• The Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Civil Service will present at the 4K HDR Summit in Seville on November 11 the draft national DTT plan, which is currently in the pipeline, including the 4K (UHD-HDR) channels that, according to the provisions of this project, will be free to watch in 2025 throughout Spain
• Spain is the European leader in Ultra High Definition (UHD) transmission by DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) and will extend its leadership in 2025 with new channels
• The 10th edition of the 4K HDR Summit will be held in Seville, at the Nissan Cartuja Auditorium from November 11 to 14 in hybrid format, coinciding with the 21st edition of the Seville European Film Festival

Spain is the European leader in Ultra High Definition (UHD) transmitted by Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), and the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Function will explain in a few weeks its future plans to further increase this leadership. The place chosen is Seville, where from November 11 to 14, the most important global event on UHD, the 4K HDR Summit, which this year reaches its tenth edition with the participation of representatives from more than 15 countries, including the United States, Latin America, European Union countries and China, which has joined for the first time.

The technological evolution of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Spain has been driven by several key factors, including changes in government policies, technological progress and the growing demand for higher quality audiovisual services. This process has been marked by several important stages, which have led to the modernization of the television infrastructure and the improvement of the viewer experience through DVB-T2 transmission technology.

Quality leap thanks to DVB-T2 standard

DVB-T2 is a more modern version of the terrestrial video transmission standard currently in use, which will offer a higher data throughput for better resolution, more audio channels per channel or higher frame rate per second.

The 4K HDR Summit is on the agenda of the Ministry, which plans to send the Secretary General of Telecommunications, Matias Gonzalez, and the technician Julia Criado, advisory member of the General Secretariat.

Julia Criado will be in charge of explaining the constant work being carried out by the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Civil Service in the technological evolution of DTT once completed in Spain the cessation of Standard Definition (SD) broadcasts in February this year and that all digital terrestrial television broadcasts in Spain are already in High Definition (HD).

Criado will present the draft modification plan for the implementation of advanced digital terrestrial television standards in Spain “including DVB-T2 transmission technology, which significantly increases the bit rate capacity available in each digital multiplex and therefore allows a more efficient use of the spectrum“.

Julia Criado advances that our country “is working in line with the initiatives being carried out in the European Union” and in line with the “results of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023”.

The X edition of the 4K HDR Summit, “Where technology and content have time to talk,” will turn the city of Seville in the annual epicenter of the international audiovisual industry. It will be from November 11 to 14 during two face-to-face days (Monday 11 and Tuesday 12) at the Nissan Cartuja Auditorium and two virtual days (13 and 14) when this summit will be held, which will also coincide with the 21st edition of the European Film Festival of Seville in 2024.

Representatives, companies and speakers from China, Japan, India, the United States, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, Andorra and Spain, among others, will participate in the UHD-HDR World Summit.

The conferences of the 4K HDR Summit 2024 can be followed on Medina Media Events’ ‘The Observatory’ and will be available 24/365. On this platform, attendees can also schedule video meetings with other participants and speakers, in addition to exclusive virtual demonstrations.

The tenth edition of the 4K HDR Summit is organized by Medina Media Events and has the support of the Digital Agency of Andalusia (ADA), Dolby, MOME, Vicomtech, Canal Sur Radio and Television, EVS, Synamedia, Fraunhofer IIS, Axion, Mediakind, Ateme, AJA, Hispasat, Quantum, Cellnex, Eutelsat, Rohde & Schwarz, Canon, Sapec, AEQ and UHD Spain, among others.