Germany’s IPTV provdier Vodafone TV said it will carry all ten new public HD channels when they start broadcasting in May.
The new channels from ARD an ZDF are ZDFneo HD, ZDFkultur HD, ZDFinfo HD, Kika HD, Phoenix HD, 3sat HD, BR HD, WDR HD, NDR NI HD and SWR BW HD.
The channels will also be available free-to-air on the Astra satellite from May 1. The launch of the ten new HD channels follows the analogue close-down on satellite of all the German public and private broadcasters.