Super RTL will launch its HD version in Germany on the HD+ platform on May 1, after the analogue shutdown of all German channels on satellite. Super RTL is a 50/50 JV between the RTL Group and Disney.
Both Unitymedia and Kabel BW said they will start to carry the new RTL Nitro channel from Sunday, April 1. Also, Deutsche Telekom said it’s Entertain IPTV service will start to carry the channel.
Miramax and multichannel broadcaster UKTV have announced a licensing agreement under which a number of the studio’s hit films will be made available to UKTV subscribers across its basic pay and DTT channels.
Schlager alert! Bavaria-based radiosation Antenne 50Plus will launch a ‘visual radio channel’ on Astra at 19 degrees East. The channel specialises in German language schlager music. Other visual radio stations on Astra are Magic Star from Munich and Radio Ö3 from Austria.