SVT plans second HD channel

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SVT plans second HD channel


Swedish public broadcaster SVT is to rebrand its high definition channel SVT HD as SVT1 HD. The move will take place on Monday, September 20 ahead of the November launch of SVT2 HD.

SVT1 HD will be available from the start to viewers of the existing channel that includes distribution via Comhem, Viasat, Canal Digital, Telia, and Tele2. It is planned that SVT1 HD will be made available on the Boxer DTT network from the autumn, as will the new channel.

The broadcaster says that an increasing number of programmes are being produced in the HD format. SVT1 HD will have the same schedule as its standard definition counterpart with the exception of regional programming.

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Swiss confirm free choice of set-tops
By Julian Clover


The Federal Council of Switzerland has confirmed plans to allow subscribers of digital television services a free reign in their choice of set-top box. It is now proposing that that Parliament revises the Radio and Television Act.

The move follows a consultation by the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC/UVEK) into the opening of a horizontal market for digital television receivers, criticised as unnecessary by operators including the Liberty Global-owned Cablecom, already in the process of offering CI Plus modules to its subscribers.

It is unlikely that the ruling will become law before 2012.