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Over 300.000 Polish n subscribers
"n", the youngest Polish digital platform, already had over 300,000 subscribers in the end of the first quarter of 2008. That information has been published in the ITI Group's report for 2007. It proves that many new subscribers join "n" platform on a regular basis and their numer is constantly increasing. ››
Cyfra+ after the transponder changes
Polish digital platform Cyfra+, in accordance with SATKurier.pl announcements, has introduced many changes on its transponders in the night of 7th April 2008. Changes concerned Hot Bird 8 (13E) transponders. This is the list of all changes, with specific technical parameters, for viewers who are not using platform's terminals. ››
TVP Sport in HD?
TVP, Polish public bradcaster, announced that its first HD channel TVP Sport HD will debut this summer and will operate separetly from TVP Sport, current sports channel. TVP Sport HD probably will be broadcast only in DVB-T test's transmitters. ››
Euro 2008 in HD on NTV Plus
Russian digital platform NTV Plus (Eutelsat W4 - 36°E and Bonum 1 - 56°E) has gained broadcasting rights to present football championships Euro 2008 in HD. The event will be transmitted on HD Sport. Polsat Sport HD will broadcast the event in Poland. ››
Aster will introduce VOD in 2009
- 2008-10-27 07:50:23 / Rafa? Tomasiak
- last update: 2008-10-28 21:50:41
- source: media2.pl/parkiet
Within the next few months Aster cable network will expand its digital TV service by the addition of video-on-demand (VOD). Thus, the operator will be ahead of its biggest competitor in Warsaw and Krakow - UPC Polska. Aster, however, has still not paid its obligations of 1.6 billion PLN.
UPC Polska plans to introduce the VOD service in the second half of 2009 while Aster should do it in the first months of 2009. Multimedia Polska cable subscribers have the access to video-on-demand for quite a long time now.
Aster also plans to promote HDTV among its subscribers in 2009. High definition television is associated with large financial effort for decoders. Currently, operator has ten HD channels in its offer.
