Canal Digital Sweden is launching its HD service for 9,000 cable TV subscribers in the town of Norrköping. The move is part of a wider plan to introduce HDTV onto […]
Viasat joins HD club
Modern Times Group has confirmed the launch of a HD television service on its Viasat Broadcasting satellite platform in the Nordic countries.
German NatGeo to go high-def
National Geographic Channel is to launch a HD version of its German channel that will only broadcast ‘true HD’ programmes and material shot in the format rather than upgraded.
Euro1080 to end MPEG2 distribution
From January 1, 2008, the Belgian HD channel provider Euro1080 will broadcast its HD channels solely in MPEG4 on the Eutelsat W3 satellite on 7 degrees East and on the […]
Three more HD channels for CanalSat
Canal Satellite Numérique will offer three more HD channels during 2008. The news was broken during a special online chat session on the TPS website with Thierry Chamouton (director client […]
Hungary set for HD
Magyar Telekom has announced that it plans to launch what will be Hungary’s first HDTV service in 2008. The incumbent telco began a pilot HD project in the 11th district […]
HOT beats YES to HD launch
Israeli cablenet HOT is to launch its HD service on Wednesday (December 19), just four days ahead of its DTH rival YES. Details of the two platform offers are still […]
Premiere HD debuts on Unitymedia cable
On January 1, 2008, Premiere HD will make its debut on the Unitymedia cable networks, being the first HD channel on the cable net. The second HD channel from Premiere, […]
Russia jumps on the HD bandwagon
The Russian company HD Media has announced that it will officially unveil two new HD channels today (December 12) at a press conference in Moscow. The first will be known […]
LUXE.TV expands to UK and Ireland
LUXE.TV has announced its official launch in the UK and Ireland, where it is now available in both HD and SD to 9.5 million Sky subscribers. A Luxembourg-based ‘luxury’ channel […]