Hong Kong– The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) announced the first UHD live sports event via satellite to the Asia Pacific.

This will be the first ever live UHD telecast of a major European football competition match in the Asia Pacific, following the pioneering live UHD transmission of some of the World Cup matches, enabled by the EBU and AsiaSat in 2014.