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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. ››
100 HDTV channels on Eutelsat satellites
- 2009-10-19 16:39:52 / Anita Dąbek
- source: Eutelsat
Eutelsat Communications announced that it has broken through the barrier of 100 High-Definition TV channels broadcasting through its video satellites. The 100th channel to take to the skies was Sky Sport 1HD, the flagship channel of the latest HD package from the SKY Italia pay-TV platform.
Since the start of transmissions of Euro 1080 on Eutelsat’s satellites in 2005 HDTV has taken great strides, with channels increasing tenfold since mid-2006 and more than doubling since June 2008. A total of 42% of the 243 HD satellite channel streams in Europe and the Middle East are broadcast through a Eutelsat satellite, establishing the company’s video neighbourhoods as a coveted address in this rapidly-developing video market.
Eutelsat’s premium video neighbourhoods, led by the HOT BIRD™ position, today account for 40% of HD channels broadcast by the Group’s satellites. Emerging Eutelsat video positions with headroom for growth are following close behind, notably EUROBIRD™ 9A, which already hosts two all-HD platforms, and video positions serving broadcast markets in Russia, Turkey and central Europe.
The accelerating pace of HDTV launches across Europe and the Middle East reflects the increasing penetration in consumer homes of HD-Ready displays, which are estimated by Screen Digest to have reached 70 million. The consumer appetite for HD is also underscored by Eutelsat’s own analysis, conducted in 37 countries across the same regions by industry-leading market research firms (GfK, TNS, CSA), and which shows that over 10 million households intend to move into an HD environment over the next year.
