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SES has announced a collaborative agreement with Verizon aimed at driving the overall development of Ultra-HD delivery solutions for Verizon Fios subscribers throughout the United States. As part of the collaboration, Verizon will receive and test content from SES’ pre-packaged Ultra-HD platform, which combines a lineup of Ultra-HD channels and reception equipment in a service delivered over satellite capacity.

SES delivers its Ultra-HD platform over dedicated satellite bandwidth, which according to the company provides a much higher quality viewer experience compared to current internet-delivered 4K offerings, which can be susceptible to bottlenecks, buffering and network congestion.