December launch for second ORF HD
By Robert Briel
November 9, 2009 18.39 UK
The Austrian public broadcaster ORF will launch its second HD channel on December 5, when it will start simulcasts of ORF 2 HD.
Some programming will be in native HD, with all remaining programming being upscaled.
On December 5, ORF will broadcast Joseph Haydns Il mondo della luna live from a theatre in Vienna.
The broadcaster has said ORF 2 HD will be available on the nation’s cable networks, as well as on the digital DTH platform on Astra.
ORF 1 HD started broadcasting in June 2008.
The current SD distribution of the two main ORF channels will remain unchanged.
The broadcasts will take place in DVB-S2, with a resultion of 720p/50 and in the MPEG-4/AVC format.
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