SES wants to jump start 4K UltraHD

MIPTV 2013

MIPTV 2013 – Cannes. With Sony screens across the Palais and two conference sessions, there was no escaping 4K UltraHD.

In Brief: TLC HD, Folx TV, HBO

Discovery Networks Benelux is launching TLC HD on May 15. The channel is a simulcast of TLC SD and will become available on the various platforms during 2013.

German local channel launches HbbTV catchup

TV Allgau

Bavarian local TV channel TV Allgäu is the first local station to offer its new on-demand using the HbbTV standard.

TV Ócko extends Astra contract

TV Ocko presenters

Czech music channel TV Ócko has signed an extension of its contract with SES for another three years.

Fee dispute stops HD1 and 6ter on Astra

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Canalsat and TNTSAT are refusing to carry the two new French DTT channels HD1 and 6ter in a dispute over carriage fees.

Padraig McCarthy new CFO at SES

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SES has appointed Padraig McCarthy as CFO and a member of the company’s executive committee.

Satellite is the leading TV infrastructure in Germany

Astra antennas

Satellite continued to increase its household reach in Germany last year, with 18.07 million households receiving their TV directly from satellite at the end of 2012, according to research by the operator SES.

Astra’s HD+ passes 1m paying homes

HD Plus InterAktiv

The German HD platform HD+ from SES-Astra now exceeds one million paying households.

Nagra to secure OTT from HD+

RTL catch-up TV on HbbTV

Content on the new hybrid over-the-top service from Astra Germany’s HD+ service will be protected by Nagra.

Anadolu launches Turkish local TV platform

Anadolu Networks has leased a transponder at the Astra position of 31.5 degrees East to launch its DTH platform, which will broadcast local TV channels to the whole of Turkey.