The Slovak commercial station TV Joj could start HDTV transmissions within a year, according to its technical director Dezider Fischer. Fischer was speaking to the local press, which has already reported that TV Markiza, the country’s leading broadcaster, could also start HD transmissions in 2008. To date, the only confirmed HD launch in the country is that of STV3 Sport, a channel operated by the national public broadcaster STV, that should make its debut in August 2008 ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
