A good deal more HDTV for Austria: ProSiebenSat.one Group Launches 4 Hd Channels by way of ASTRA

Extended-expression capability agreement with SES ASTRA to broadcast SAT.one Österreich High definition, ProSieben Austria Hd, kabel eins austria High definition and PULS four High definition

LUXEMBOURG -- SES ASTRA, an SES organisation (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), introduced these days that the ProsiebenSat.one Group has signed a extensive-expression capability agreement for a single transponder with SES ASTRA. The new transponder will be made use of to broadcast the channels SAT.one Österreich Hd, ProSieben Austria High definition, kabel eins austria Hd and PULS 4 Hd.

The new great definition offer for Austria will be marketed by AustriaSat – a total subsidiary of the M7 Group – as aspect of the HDaustria package deal for all satellite households with an ORF smartcard. ASTRA Platform Expert services will tackle the uplink to the ASTRA satellite procedure, Hd encoding and signal encryption.

Austria continues to be one particular of the most dynamic markets in Europe for huge definition television. With the kick off of 4 further Hd channels, satellite Television viewers in Austria will soon be capable to get 21 German-language Hd channels through ASTRA.

About SES ASTRA

SES ASTRA is the foremost Direct-to-House (DTH) satellite program in Europe. The satellite fleet now comprises 17 satellites which deliver solutions to more than 135 million households and transmit significantly more than two,500 television and radio channels. SES ASTRA also offers satellite-primarily based multimedia, web-based and telecommunication providers to enterprises, governments and their companies. With considerably more than 200 Significant Definition (Hd) channels, ASTRA is the most very important HDTV platform for Europe's leading broadcasters. The orbital positions for SES ASTRA are 19.2 degrees East, 28.two degrees East, 23.five degrees East, 5 degrees East and 31.5 degrees East. For additional tips: www.ses-astra.com.

About SES

SES (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) wholly owns the market-main satellite operators SES ASTRA and SES World SKIES, and participations in Ciel in Canada, QuetzSat in Mexico as properly as a strategic participation in satellite infrastructure get started with-up O3b Networks. SES supplies excellent satellite communications choices through a world fleet of 44 satellites. For additional critical information: www.ses.com