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. ››
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. ››
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. ››
On 28th of December 2009 Jetix Play has been removed form channel 198 in Cyfrowy Polsat decoders. In November new channel apperared in the offer of Cyfrowy Polsat - Polsat JimJam and it now replaced Jetix Play. New station for children can be found in Mini package and it is available on channel 67.
Polsat JimJam technical parameters:
Hot Bird 8 (13E)
tp. 79 (12,284 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 3/4; DVB-S/QPSK)
ID: Polsat Jim Jam
PID V: 1570
PID A: 1554
PID PCR: 1570
PID PMT: 32
Encoding: Nagravision 3