Germany’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is launching a new basic tier, Kabel Digital HD, with 13 private and three public HD channels for €3.90 a month.
The move comes on the day the operator is unlocking the SD version of all the main public channels, as ordered by the monopoly commission Bundeskartellambt. The Kabel Digital HD is the first digital package offered to customers after basic analogue. The €3.90 c0mes on top of the basic analogue subscription fee.
Customers will need a dedicated KDG set-top box or TV set equipped with CI+ module in order to receive the HD channels. In addition, viewers can upgrade to higher tiers with up to 45 HD channels.
The basic HD tier offers three public channels, ARD HD, ZDF HD and Arte HD and 13 private channels, RTL HD, RTL II HD, RTL NITRO HD, Super RTL HD, VOX HD, ProSieben HD, SAT.1 HD, kabel eins HD, sixx HD, SPORT1 HD, Servus TV HD, HSE24 HD and QVC HD.
“With Kabel Digital HD, we set the direction of our TV products consequently to HDTV. This way we meet the expectations of our customers, who wantr more HD content,” said Philipp Brunner, director B2C product management TV, Kabel Deutschland.
