Canal+ live & on-demand TV comes to French Xbox 360s
by Richard Lawler 
posted Jun 29th 2009 at 11:26AM
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Sogecable's Digital+ brings Canal+ Deportes HD / Dcine HD to Spain
by Darren Murph posted Dec 15th 2008 at 4:59AM
CANAL+ KEY provides pay-TV reception of French networks
by Darren Murph posted Dec 9th 2008 at 4:25PM
Forget those OTA tuners that only pick up what's widely distributed for free; the CANAL+ KEY can handle that and more. Developed in conjunction with DiBom, the device -- hailed as the planet's first USB key-sized DTT HD decoder -- enables the reception of French pay-TV programs (SD and HD), 18 free DTT channels and even the premium channel CANAL+ HD. The key is equipped with two small antennas and can provide viewing enjoyment to any USB-equipped PC. Regrettably, there's no price / availability date mentioned, but yet again, we're amazed at how quickly France is becoming Europe's beacon of HD light.[Via TechDigest]
World Table Tennis Championships get HD coverage -- can it get any better?
by Darren Murph posted Dec 3rd 2008 at 9:46PM
+Le Cube HD DVR brings a touch of class to Canal+
by Richard Lawler posted Nov 30th 2008 at 2:53AM
Gallery: +Le Cube HD DVR
Canal+ prepping Sport HD, Film HD for Spain
by Steven Kim posted Oct 8th 2008 at 6:43AM
Now that Canal+ customers in Spain have developed a taste of HD sports, Canal+ is readying Sport HD for its debut in the fall. But to introduce a little more variety into the HD-diet, Film HD is also being brought to the TV food pyramid. It sounds like Spaniards are loving their HD, with 92-percent of iPlus HD PVR owners reporting they'd recommend the device to friends. Specific offerings for Film HD weren't given, but the Sport HD channel has UEFA Champions League soccer, NBA basketball and tennis lined up -- all the better to bring the Spanish countryman Rafael Nadal's progress in December's Australian Open.Canal+ launches Catch-up TV video-on-demand service
by Darren Murph posted Sep 11th 2008 at 10:50PM
By now, we've all heard of Start Over (right?), but Canal+ is introducing some new terminology overseas with its Catch-up TV service. For Le Bouquet subscribers that own a Dual-S set-top-box with an ADSL connection and an external hard drive (got all that?), they can seemingly enjoy programming aired earlier on-demand without having to worry over "traditional timetables and reruns." Generally speaking, a show stays available for between seven days and a month after it's first shown, and of course, this material will all be delivered via broadband. Not a bad sounding setup, if we should say so ourselves.[Via BroadbandTVNews]
TV Norge HD delivers Norway's first homegrown HD channel October 3
by Richard Lawler posted Aug 27th 2008 at 1:13PM
SES ASTRA tardily trumpets 12 channels of HD Olympics across Europe
by Darren Murph posted Aug 19th 2008 at 9:58AM
[Image courtesy of Beijing 2008]
Spain preps HD channel for 2008 Olympic Games
by Darren Murph posted Jun 15th 2008 at 8:36PM
Good news, Spain. The president of the Radio Televisión Española has just announced that high-definition coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing will be available in your country. After a meetup with the Directors Board of the Association of Olympic Sports, Luis Fernandez asserted that details were being finalized for a TVE channel that will carry the events in HD and will likely be broadcast by Canal+ HD. Outside of that, details were scant, but considering the dearth of time before the Games get kicked off, you probably won't be waiting long to hear more.Poland's Cyfra+ to pick up Eurosport HD
by Darren Murph posted Apr 7th 2008 at 2:28AM
We already knew that Eurosport HD would be making the rounds in various parts of Europe, but now we've got confirmation that the forthcoming high-def version will also be carried in Poland. Cyfra+ (a Polish digital satellite platform) will begin offering the channel as soon as it goes live on May 25th. The network will join Canal+ Film HD, Canal+ Sport HD and National Geographic HD as the only HD stations available on said carrier, though Eurosport HD will purportedly cost around €1.44 ($2.24) per month to enjoy.[Via Broadband TV News]
Eurosport going HD on May 25
by Darren Murph posted Mar 10th 2008 at 11:33PM
Not quite two years after we wondered when HDTV would ever make its way across the pond -- and not even two weeks since we found that barely 5-percent of European HDTV owners even watch HD programming -- along comes news that yet another channel is slated to go high-def in Europe. And for what it's worth, we've all ideas this one will get some attention. Eurosport is getting set to launch an HD simulcast channel on May 25th, just in time for the start of the French Open-Roland Garros tennis Grand Slam. Additionally, viewers can count on seeing content from the Tour de France and the Beijing Olympics, and for folks stuck watching SD, at least that version will be morphing from 4:3 to 16:9. As of now, carriage agreements have been landed on "platforms in Israel, Turkey, Portugal and the Nordic countries, where Canal Digital will deliver the channel."Canal Digital nixes dedicated HD package, moves channels to affordable Family tier
by Darren Murph posted Mar 6th 2008 at 5:29PM
We're not totally certain if this move is in response to Viasat's recent launch of HD offerings in Europe -- or the simple fact that few Europeans were likely taking advantage of it -- but whatever the case, Canal Digital is reportedly doing away with its pricey dedicated HD package. Thankfully, the seven channels within the plan -- SVT HD, TV4 HD, History Channel HD, Discovery HD, National Geographic HD, Voom HD and Silver HD -- aren't vanishing, as they're simply sliding over to the Family tier and becoming a lot more affordable in one fell swoop. Reportedly, Canal Digital has some 46,000 HD subscribers, but we can't see how that number won't increase now that acquiring these seven just became a whole lot cheaper.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.First HDTV channels hit French television
by Richard Lawler posted Mar 29th 2006 at 5:47PM
We'd insert some corny French
welcome here, but we don't know any. Regardless of our language barrier, we now all know one thing clearly: HDTV. Rival
platforms Canal Group and TPS are competing to get more high definition to their customers, quicker. While TPS has
been airing part time high def since February, Canal has promised to launch one full time channel on April 4, followed
in June by National Geographic HD.Well, now we can check France of our banned travel countries list. I had so missed the Louvre.
