All-classical music concert HD channel in the works

by Richard Lawler posted Aug 14th 2008 at 10:16AM

Poised to take advantage of the dearth of classical music television stations in the U.S., Unitel Classica is planning a worldwide classical channel formatted for HDTV. The German production company already supplies HD concerts via satellite in Europe on SES Astra, and the Classica standard definition opera and classical channel in several countries. The new channel will launch in Germany first in the fourth quarter, before potentially making the jump over here. With that much experience behind them, and the enthusiastic response to opera and classical broadcasts already available, Unitel should be ready to give the classical fans what they've been waiting for sometime in 2009.

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Tags: classica, classical, classical music, ClassicalMusic, europe, german, germany, music, opera, ses astra, SesAstra, unitel, unitel classica, UnitelClassica

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nathan @ Aug 14th 2008 12:28PM

Awesome!

Here's hoping DISH carries this channel, since I really miss this kind of programming now that they stopped carrying Voom, which used to have stuff like this quite frequently.

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squiggleslash @ Aug 14th 2008 4:07PM

That's great news. Operas and Ballets will benefit especially from such a system. Let's hope it's on Dish.

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