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TVP launches FTA platform on ASTRA

The public Polish television Telewizja Polska SA (TVP) launched a free-to-air platform on ASTRA on 15th September 2009. TVP has therefore extended its satellite capacity contracts for the use of two transponders at ASTRA’s main orbital position 19.2 degrees East. TVP has been using this capacity since 2005. TVP is the largest public TV broadcaster in Central and Eastern Europe. ››

Amazonas 2 satellite is integrated for launch

Ariane 5’s payload fairing is hoisted into position for installation over Amazonas 2 in the satellite staging area of the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building. Final payload integration is underway for Arianespace’s fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2009, with the Amazonas 2 telecommunications satellite now encapsulated in its payload fairing. ››

Animal Planet HD in CYFRA+

On 16th of September 2009, subscribers of the satellite platform CYFRA+ have gained an access to Animal Planet HD. Until 11th of November channel can be viewed by all subscribers of the platform with has at least one HD option activated. This is the ninth high-definition channel available in CYFRA+, other ones include: CANAL+ Film HD, CANAL+ Sport HD, National Geographic Channel HD, HBO HD, Filmbox HD, MTVNHD, Eurosport HD and Eurosport 2 HD. ››

Digiturk launches VOD and HD PVR solutions

Irdeto in conjunction with OpenTV, Pace, and TeleIDEA announced it has developed and implemented a highly complex broadcasting solution for Digiturk, a leading Turkish satellite television provider. Through the joint endeavor, Digiturk is now starting to deliver advanced digital video offerings to its customers, including push and subscription video on demand (P/S-VOD) with high-definition personal video recording (HD PVR) functionalities.


As one of the first P/S-VOD offerings to be launched in a satellite environment, this joint project brings one of the most innovative solutions to the region. Since the launch of the HD PVR service in January 2008, Digiturk has already signed on 45,000 subscribers across Turkey. The solution integrates the triple-tuner high definition PVR designed by Pace for Digiturk with Irdeto’s Conditional Access,(CA) to enable Digiturk to offer new digital services to their customers and obtain high-value content from content providers. The offer is powered by OpenTV's PVR-enabled middleware technology, OpenTV Core2™/PVR2™ and features the TeleIDEA Electronic Program Guide (EPG) feature P/S-VOD, enabling subscribers to select, download and store feature films and television shows directly onto the set-top box hard drive.