LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Valens Semiconductor have announced that they intend to launch a cross-industry alliance to promote and standardize the HDBaseT technology for distribution of […]
Astra expects to grow German HD offer
High definition television will be the new driver for SES-Astra, said CEO Ferdinand Kayser to the Handelsblatt newspaper. Following the launch of the HD+ platform on November 1, the satellite […]
SES-Astra unveils more HD+ details
SES-Astra has unveiled more details on its German language consumer website about the HD+ service which launches on November 1.
SES Astra reveals HD+ pricing details
SES Astra has confirmed the November 1 launch of its new HD platform HD+ and said viewers will receive the first 12 months for free.
MTV and DSF might join HD+
MTV Networks Germany and the sports broadcaster DSF are talking to SES Astra about joining the HD+ platform for the German speaking market, according to a report in the Süddeutsche […]
First HD+ receivers to hit the shops
The first five HD+ receivers will hit German retail outlets before the end of the year. Three manufacturers – Technisat, Technotrend and Humax – are ready to deliver the sets, […]
Kayser rebuffs critics of HD+ platform
IFA 2009 – Berlin. Ferdinand Kayser, the president and CEO of SES-Astra, has given details of the new HD+ platform during a keynote at the consumer electronics show in Berlin. […]
German pubcasters want 2012 satellite switch-off
IFA 2009 – BERLIN. German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF want to switch off their analogue broadcasts over the Astra satellite in the first quarter of 2012, according to Fritz […]
Counting on Freesat
The UK free-to-air platform is closing in on half a million homes, but Ofcom’s count paints a different picture of the market, and Freesat is still waiting for a surge […]