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Sky Sports News HD launches
January 3, 2012
Sky Deutschland has launched its news sports news channel. Sky Sports News HD went live on New Year’s Day at 12:00.
Brian Sullivan, CEO of Sky Deutschland, said: “The launch of Sky Sport News HD is a landmark in the history of Sky. A 24-hour live sport news channel signals something completely new in the German-speaking TV landscape. With the new channel, Sky is once again adding to its unique portfolio of new products and innovations.”
Sky Sports News HD, with 200 employees including anchors Kate Abdo and Thomas Fleischmann, will air sports news 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Sky Sport News HD is available in HD via satellite and through cable networks Kabel BW, Tele Columbus and NetCologne. The channel can also be received in SD via satellite and through all digital cable networks. Sky Sport News HD will be broadcasted unencrypted for the first month to all digital satellite and cable households in Germany and Austria. The channel will be part of the Sky Welt package and is available in Germany and Austria through TV, internet, iPad, iPhone, and soon through Xbox 360 as well as sports bars and hotels.
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N.DS set to change name to reflect Cisco ownership
14-06-2012
'' Technology provider N.DS will get a new name following its take-over by US electronics giant Cisco.
The N.DS brand will disappear, Yves Padrines, vice president and general manager at N.DS for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told German industry magazine "Digitalmagazin" at the trade fair ANGA Cable in Cologne.
By the end of this year, the company will be renamed Cisco Service Provider Video Technology Group, said Padrines. Product brands such as VideoGuard, MediaHighway or Snowflake will keep their names, though.
N.DS provides conditional access solutions, middleware and other technologies for digital and interactive television to broadcasters including BSkyB, Sky Deutschland and Kabel Deutschland. ''
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RAI suspends smart card distribution
July 30, 2012 11.22 Europe/London By Julian Clover
'' Italian public broadcaster RAI has suspended the distribution of smart cards for its Tivusat service.
It follows the judgment of the Lazio Regional Administrative Court on July 11 in the wake of a complaint by Sky Italia.
The action annulled RAI’s contract with Tivusat – in which it is a shareholder – where it was required to promote the Eutelsat-delivered platform.
Consumers looking for non-subscription access to RAI channels over satellite can now only obtain the card in conjunction with a Tivusat receiver or conditional access module.
Around 60,000 consumers, out of Tivusat’s 1,524,285 total, acquired their card through RAI. ''
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CanalSat adds five HD channels
August 29, 2012 11.08 Europe/London By Robert Briel
'' The French CanalSat platform is adding five new HD channels to its existing line-up of 36 high def channels. The offer includes two new channels to the French market.
Djazz.TV HD is a new channel from the Netherlands and is part of the Brava TV group. It claims to be the world’s first 24/7 jazz channel. CanalSat customers can subscribe to the channel as an a la carte option for €4 a month.
Also new to the platform is Blackbelt TV, for lovers of fighting sports, including Thai boxing and actors such as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. The channel can be previewed free of charge until November 30, when it becomes part of the Frisson bouquet.
The remaining three new HD channels are already available in SD on the platform. They are Planète+ HD, Ciné+ Frisson HD and Ciné+ Emotion HD. ''
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Discovery HD for Sky Deutschland
October 17, 2012
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Discovery HD has launched on the Sky Deutschland platform in Germany and Austria as part of the Sky World package.
The launch will bring HD versions of content including How We Invented the World and Shark Week to Sky Deutschland subscribers.
The move brings to eight the number of HD services available in the Sky World package. ''
