The Polish public broadcaster TVP will only continue to use Astra to deliver its channels to cable operators until the end of this year.
Ferdinand Kayser: ‘UltraHD is here to stay’
“Ultra HD is not going the way of 3D, it is here to stay,” said Ferdinanc Kayser, CCO of SES during the company’s yearly update during IBC.
Astra launches Ultra HD showcase channel
Astra Deutschland has launched a new Ultra HD showcase channel available as a free-to-air service on the satellite operator’s orbital position 19.2° East.
MTV HD Germany to leave Sky for HD+
US media company Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe is changing the distribution strategy of the HD version of its music and youth channel MTV in Germany.
münchen.tv to turn HD on Astra during Oktoberfest
Munich’s commercial local TV channel münchen.tv will transmit in HD quality for DTH satellite households in Europe on Astra (19.2° East) during this year’s Oktoberfest.
German HD+ platform continues to grow
HD+, the fee-based satellite platform carrying the HD versions of commercial TV channels for German DTH households on Astra (19.2° East), has won 47,089 new paying customers in Q2 2014.
ARD and ZDF return to Hot Bird
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have resumed the transmission of their main TV channels on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite system (13° East).
German pearl.tv to return in SD on Astra
German home-shopping broadcaster pearl.tv will offer its channel in standard definition (SD) on Astra (19.2 degrees East) again from August 1, 2014.
TV8 Mont-Blanc goes into receivership
The Commercial Court of Annecy has placed regional broadcaster TV 8 Mont Blanc in receivership at the request of its owners.
Extra Astra capacity for event coverage BBC
SES announced that the BBC has contracted one additional transponder at Astra 28.2 degrees East from the duration of the 2014 Wimbledon Tennis Championships and Glastonbury Festival – both in […]