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Are we ready for free-to-air 4K? The experience in Spain

November 5 marks a major turning point for Spanish television. With the official rollout of Ultra High Definition (UHD) on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), audiences will be able to experience 4K content with unprecedented audio and video quality. This technological step forward optimizes radio spectrum usage while demanding higher efficiency from both transmission and reception networks.

Is Spain prepared for the launch of free-to-air Ultra High Definition TV on November 5?

What does this change mean for viewers?

For users, UHD delivers a picture four times sharper than regular HD, offering more vibrant colors, greater contrast, and higher visual accuracy.

The TV EXPLORER NG ensures reliable signal reception, featuring BER, MER, and complete digital analysis metrics for all second-generation DVB standards.

To guarantee completely stable signal delivery to individual residences and multi-dwelling units (MDUs), sector professionals will need to equip themselves with appropriate testing technology. Essential metrics—such as bit error rate (BER), modulation error ratio (MER), and echo analysis in single frequency networks (SFN)—call for tools with maximum accuracy.

PROMAX: Next-level instrumentation empowering the future of broadcasting

Building on over half a century of excellence in telecommunications, PROMAX equips industry experts with its Next Generation (NG) range of TV & Spectrum analyzers, specifically engineered to address the challenges of DVB-T2 and UHD.

Both the TV EXPLORER NG (TV analyzer) and the ATLAS NG (broadcast environment analyzer) natively support DVB-T2 and come equipped with an Ultra HD (4K) decoder for analyzing and displaying digital TV services directly on the screen.

• TV EXPLORER NG: Built for the everyday demands of field technicians, featuring an ergonomic build, ultra-fast spectrum sweeps, and exceptional battery autonomy.
• ATLAS NG: The top-of-the-line system for advanced broadcast environments, designed for rigorous, high-precision analysis of demanding transmission parameters.
• All-in-one solution for the smart home: Beyond RF analysis, tools like the TV EXPLORER NG feature options for FTTH fiber optic measurements in ICT deployments and 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi network analysis, delivering a complete toolkit for the modern installer.

Continuous firmware updates keep PROMAX devices ready to adapt to new frequency and channel plans. This guarantees future-proof protection for installers' investments ahead of Spain's technological transition this November 5th.

PROMAX is a leading manufacturer of test and measurement systems, broadcast and TV signal distribution equipment. Our product lines include measuring instruments for cable TV, satellite TV, broadcast, wireless and fibre optics networks, FTTH and GPON analyzers. DVB-T modulators, IP streamers or IP converters (ASI, DVB-T) are among the company’s latest developments.