Sat.1 HD and ProSieben HD go offline 'til 2010 in Germany
by Darren Murph 
posted Feb 16th 2008 at 4:56PM
[Thanks, Chris]
ProSieben posts
[Thanks, Chris]
Astra touts boost in HD channel offerings, expects more to follow
by Darren Murph posted Feb 18th 2007 at 3:03PM
It wasn't too awfully long ago that Astra was tooting its own horn about 20 extra HD channels hitting the European front, but not only did the company maintain its word, it exceeded expectations as well. In a recent announcement, the satellite provider boasted that it is now broadcasting 26 high-definition channels across Europe, including BSkyB, Discovery, National Geographic, and The History Channel from the UK, CANAL+, M6, and TF1 from France and Premiere, and ProSieben, Sat1, and Anixe from Germany. As if this weren't good enough (it never is), Astra is also planning to match DirecTV's recent claim and offer up 100 HD channels -- but it'll likely be closer to 2010 before Europe reaches the coveted milestone.Welcome to the party Europe, first major HDTV broadcast
by Richard Lawler posted Oct 26th 2005 at 3:19PM
Take your shoes off though, I just put in new carpet. And the first thing broadcast in HD?
Why Tom Cruise of course, while I don't agree with their choice of Minority Report (I'm a Top Gun/Days of Thunder guy),
it does make a great show in high definition what with the CG and blowing stuff up.Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 will be the first to broadcast nationally on Sunday, although a regional cable channel apparently started showing science programs on Tuesday (don't they know? Tom Cruise has done the scientific research). Rival German broadcaster Premier will launch its own HDTV transmissions on December 3. BskyB, CanalSat and Ski Italia have all promised to have their high definition ready for next years World Cup, which will be a showcase for the technology in Europe.
