European broadcasters rushing to add HD ahead of the Olympics
by Richard Lawler 
posted Jul 8th 2008 at 11:40AM
Despite word from France Television's director of sports programming that HD wouldn't be available for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, France 2 HD has already launched on CanalSat DTH and Numéricable. Unlike the Versus broadcast here, French viewers are also getting the Tour de France in HD and can expect the same from their Olympic coverage. Meanwhile Belgians can thank TV Vlaanderen for adding VRT's Eén HD temporarily to its DTH platform, delivering both events in HD, along with Belgacom TV adding Eén HD, France 2 HD, Eurosport HD and TF1 HD for a total of 13 high definition channels. Really, we can't see watching the Olympics any other way.Read - Belgacom TV
Read - France 2
Read - VRT Eén HD
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dwigt @ Jul 8th 2008 9:04PM
Actually, the word by the director of sports was there wouldn't be any HD broadcast through DVB-T and its word is valid. French HD DVB-T was supposed to start in June but was postponed until the end of September.
It didn't concern cable, satellite or ADSL.