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Sky Italia with a new tp

On the frequency 10.853 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S/QPSK the HOT BIRD 6 (13E) broadcasting ended with Media package, comprising a number of free to air Channels, including music and entertainment e4me TV.At this transponder appeared uncoded channel promotional Italian Sky Inside in HOT BIRD 6 (13E)
tp. tp. 117 (10,853 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 5/6)

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Astra to broadcast IFA highlights in 3D

SES Astra will broadcast in 3D on their 3D demo channel from the IFA, the consumer electronics show to be held in Berlin from September 3 – 8. Reception of the demo channel on Astra’s 23.5 degrees East position is possible across Europe and free-to-air.

Under the name IFA International TV, the channel will broadcast items about the latest consumer lifestyle trends from the Berlin exhibition floors. Reports will be rebroadcast every two hours, starting at 10 a.m., on the Astra 3D demo-channel in English. After the trade show closes its door on September 8, a compilation of the most important highlights will be shown until September 18.

Further to the broadcast capacity, SES Astra will also provide playout services from its playout centre in Munich, Germany. Filming and editing of the 3D content is supported by Panasonic.

“3D TV is one of the central topics for the electronics industry this year. Hence, we are pleased that the exciting new developments from the world’s most important consumer electronics and home appliances fair will be presented throughout Europe in 3D”, says Dr. Rainer Hecker, chairman of the supervisory board of gfU, the IFA organiser, in a statement.

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Polsat delays sports channel launch

The Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat is unlikely to launch what will be its first news-based sports channel until the country completes the transition to digital broadcasting.

Speaking to Wirtualne Media, Marian Kmita, the head of sport at Polsat, said this was to ensure the widest possible reach for the channel, to be named Polsat Sport News.

He added that the company has no plans at present to launch another HD sports channel – Polsat currently operates four sports channels, one of which is in HD – due to insufficient content in the format.

Poland is expected to complete its transition to digital broadcasting in 2013.

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Sky Italia with a new tp

On the frequency 10.853 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S/QPSK the HOT BIRD 6 (13E) broadcasting ended with Media package, comprising a number of free to air Channels, including music and entertainment e4me TV.At this transponder appeared uncoded channel promotional Italian Sky Inside in HOT BIRD 6 (13E)
tp. tp. 117 (10,853 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 5/6)

This TP is working for Sky Italia right parameters are 10.853 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S/QPSK also the TP 11.843 V SR: 27500, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S/QPSK has been switched in HD with follow parameters:
11.843 V SR: 27500, FEC: 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK

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Germany gears up for 3D football

Sky Deutschland and Deutsche Telekom are in negotiations with the German Football League (DFL) about the transmission of Bundesliga games in 3D. At the same time, the DFL is preparing the marketing packages for new TV rights for the period beginning 2013.

According to a report in Focus, the tender for these rights will begin next year, or one year earlier than previous rounds of bidding for the rights. Bringing the tender forward will allow more time for discussions with the competition authority Bundeskartellampt and the EC. It will also provide more “predictability” for Sky Deutschland and football clubs.

Sky currently pays €240 million a year for the live rights to the Bundesliga. It is also a 3D pioneer in Germany, having shown a live Bundesliga match for the first time to a selected audience in Munich this March.

Deutsche Telekom followed a month later when it broadcast a live hockey match, in co-operation with Constantin Media, Plazamedia and the German Sport1, over its IPTV network.

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Sky Sports News HD in the Sky UK

According to the announcement, 23 August 2010 launched a new sports news channel in high definition under the name Sky Sports News HD. This is a new proposal for a British broadcaster BSkyB for more than 13 million subscribers for Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk TV.The same day, Sky Sports News has also introduced a dedicated application IPAD offers the latest news, views and opinions from the world of sport.

ASTRA 2B (28.2 E)
12,266 GHz, pol. 12.266 GHz, pol. H, SR: 29500, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S2/QPSK H, SR: 29500, FEC: 3 / 4, DVB-S2/QPSK
coding: NDS VideoGuard

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TV Numeric adds Canal+ 3 Stars

French independent pay-DTT distributor TV Numeric is strengthening its TV offer.

The channel is adding Canal+ 3 Stars to its package that currently comprises of Eurosport, Paris Première, Planète, LCI and TF6.

From November, Canal + HD, Canal + Cinema and Canal + Sport, Canal+ 3 Stars will also be available to subscribers, accessible on the latest generation of HD boxes that will likely be on the market from the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2010.

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i>TELE to break even in 2011

According to General Director Pierre Fraidrenraich, French Canal+ group’s news channel i>TELE will break even by 2011.

Outlining the channel’s new autumn schedules, but without revealing specific figures, Fraidrenraich added that the channel had had significantly reduced losses and had stabilised costs.

According to Médiamétrie’s monthly figures, the channel registered 0.8 % audience share last July vs 0.6 % one year before. It is positioned behind main competitor BFM (NextRadio) which had a 0.9 % audience share.

On 1 September, i>TELE will launch a new version of its website but the short term objective is to appoint a new managing editor after Thierry Thuillier left to run France Télévision’s news direction.

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BBC unready to commit to 3DTV format

The BBC says it is unclear as to which 3D format is most likely to emerge as the popular choice among public and commercial broadcasters

At present pay-TV companies involved in early 3D broadcasters have opted for the side-by-side format, allowing them to continue using their deployed set-top boxes, providing the consumer has purchased a new 3DTV display. However, terrestrial broadcasters within the European Broadcasting Union have been discussing the possibility of using a service compatible format, meaning that additional information would be added to a standard definition transmission, thus saving precious bandwidth.

Andy Quested, principal technologist, HD, BBC Future Media and Technology explained that some confusion had arisen resulting from the response a recent EBU survey that asked what members thought of the current standard. “About 50% of the respondents said the current formats are OK for their current thinking, well current thinking is about three to five years out, so it would work if they had to do anything now. 33% said they wouldn’t work at all and everyone said we had to investigate what the DVB was doing and what is coming out of those discussions. We don’t believe we have to rush this just to get a 3D service out based on some of the frame compatible systems.”

As previously reported in Broadband TV News, UK transmission company Arqiva has plans for a terrestrial 3DTV test in the Service Compatible format. “There’s a lot of noise and a lot of people coming out very firmly saying one thing or the other, I’ve certainly heard a lot of noise from other broadcasters and Arqiva, but I don’t think it is as clear-cut as that,” said Plumb.

As a commercial company Arqiva wants to re-establish the prowess that a generation ago would have come directly from the BBC and IBA engineering departments. “We haven’t had any close dialogue with Arqiva, but you’ve got to ask yourself what are the purposes of those tests,” queries Plumb? The BBC currently codes its multiplexes through Siemens and uses Arqiva for the delivery of its signals.

The major challenge would be fitting in any 3D signals on the existing terrestrial system. As things stand there would clearly be no room for a 3D signal to join BBC HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD and this autumn’s launch of BBC One HD within the PSB’s HD multiplex. Fitting in another HD channel might not be quite so difficult. “At the moment there’s four slots on the terrestrial multiplex, but I think we’ve said that when encoding improvements come, probably around 2012 there will be room for a fifth slot at that stage,” says Plumb, who suggests that by the time the BBC wants to launch HD versions of BBC Three and BBC Four technological advances will find
them a berth too.

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Living HD and Sky Classics HD test in Sky UK

ASTRA 2A (28.2 E)
11,797 GHz, pol. 11.797 GHz, pol. H, SR: 29500, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S2/QPSK H, SR: 29500, FEC: 3 / 4, DVB-S2/QPSK
coding: NDS VideoGuard


ASTRA 2B (28.2 E)
12,090 GHz, pol. 12.090 GHz, pol. V, SR: 29500, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S2/QPSK V, SR: 29500, FEC 3 / 4, DVB-S2/QPSK
Encoding: NDS VideoGuard
The new Programs will strart in broadcasting in August this year

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Cinema partnership between Orange and Canal+

Reports from France are suggesting that Canal+ could once again be the sole pay-TV operator in France with Orange said to be on the verge of selling its service to the TV operator.

According to daily La Tribune, both groups are close to a partnership for their movie channels. Canal+ would operate Orange’s movie channels Orange cinéma séries.

The agreement, which may come to fruition by the end of September, will likely not be officially presented as a merger but instead as a partnership that would cement the creation of a 50/50 subsidiary, with a joint control on programming and a rotating presidency. However, as La Tribune noted, Canal+ would become the only programme buyer » the newspaper underlines.

Such a move would fit with the strategy of new Orange CEO Stéphane Richard who is said to be looking for content partnerships for channels Orange cinéma séries.