Spain's Digital+ adds 5 HDTV channels

SES Astra has added 5 new HDTV channels for Spanish broadcasterDigital+. It takes Astra’s total of high-def channels to more than 100.
The new HD channels launched by Digital+ include Accion HD,Eurosport HD, Fox HD, National Geographic HD and MTVN HD, and aretransmitted via SES ASTRA’s 19.2 degrees East orbital position. Withthese new channels Digital+ broadcasts a total of 10 HD channels onAstra.

Broadcasters featuring HD content on Astra now includeEurope’s leading pay-TV operators as well as major commercial andpublic broadcasters such as Sky and BBC for the UK; Sky Deutschland,RTL and Vox for Germany; Canal+, CanalSat, TNTSAT and Orange forFrance; Digital+ for Spain; Viasat for Denmark, Sweden, Norway andFinland; Canal Digitaal for the Netherlands; TV Vlaanderen for Belgium;Skylink and CS Link for the Czech and Slovak Republics; arte forGermany and France; ORF for Austria; and TVP for Poland.

Alexander Oudendijk, chief commercial officer at SES Astra,said: “We are very pleased that Digital+ has decided to launchadditional HD channels on Astra. The fact that SES Astra now broadcastsmore than 100 HD channels proves that HD is gaining momentum in Europe.SES Astra has always been a pioneer in HDTV. By broadcasting more than100 HD channels already by the end of 2009, we clearly exceeded our ownexpectations. We are very confident that this positive development willcontinue in 2010, and are looking forward to launching additional HDchannels on our satellites.”

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