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Read - History Channel UK becomes AETN UK
Read - Parasat sets digital launch into new era
Read - Discovery HD channel launched in Taiwan
Read - New Launches for AETN Channels
Read - Kabel BW adds all seven Sky HD channels
Read - RTL to launch 4 Dutch HD channels

\Here at Engadget HD, we'd prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days, let the rest of the world know it in comments. 'Til next week, Doei!

Read - Ten HD's sound definition (Australia)
Read - BBC Announces High-Definition Summer
Read - Macquarie kills Ten HD as OneHD spreads to Southern Cross
Read - World Superbike Goes High Definition on Eurosport HD
Read - DNA Gets Two HDTV Licenses (Finland)
Read - 'HD not just about sport and film': BBC
Read - Watford signed shirt deal with Evolution HDTV
Read - Telesat hosts advanced HDTV technology tests at Ottawa R&D lab
Read - Topfield TRF2400 Masterpiece HD Review (Australia)
Read - TechniSat launches new Freesat HD box
Read - Eurosport HD comes to Germany

Here at Engadget HD, we'd prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days, let the rest of the world know it in comments. 'Til next week, Doei!

Read - Cabovisâo wants 20 HD channels (Portugal)
Read - NGCI Boosts Offerings on SKY Deutschland
Read - Ofcom sets out Olympic spectrum plan
Read - BBC comedy shows return in high definition: Mitchell & Webb, Michael McIntyre
Read - Premiere Germany relaunching July 4 (Thanks, Chris)

Here at Engadget HD, we'd prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days, let the rest of the world know it in comments. 'Til next week, Sanga'ay hanto!

Read - AETN signs carriage agreement with Taiwan Broadband Communications
Read - AAAN enters Taiwan
Read - Multichoice HD PVR update positively received (South Africa)
Read - Central European Expansion for HISTORY & HISTORY HD
Read - History HD confirmed for Skylink
Read - Microsoft Mediaroom Comes to Russia
Read - High Definition a key driver for UK Projector market
Read - ITV, C4 worry over Freeview HD funding
Read - El Salvador adopts ATSC digital TV standard

Here at Engadget HD, we'd prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days, let the rest of the world know it in comments. 'Til next week, Vi ses!

Read - Czech Prima trials HD
Read - Eurovision Song Contest broadcasts in high definition
Read - 5 linear HD channels 'to join Virgin'
Read - ITV content attracts 4m views on Virgin Media catch-up in first month
Read - Freesat celebrates first birthday, 400,000 strong
Read - ZON doubles HD take-up (Portugal)
Read - History HD Expands Korean Footprint
Read - Freeview rolls out high definition for World Cup
Read - YouSee adds Canal HD

Here at Engadget HD, we'd prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days, let the rest of the world know it in comments. 'Til next week, Ziech lu !

Read - Olympic goal for NRK HD
Read - HD channel for Russian women
Read - DirecTV launches premium HD package (Trinidad & Tobago)
Read - SkyCable high-def shift costs P6 million (Philippines)
Read - SKY Leads in the Largest HD Launch (Brazil)
Read - Backtrack in pitch for free-to-air digital
Read - WFN HD Now Broadcasting in 100 Percent Native High Definition (Canada)
Read - Premiere loses out on action as Telekom reassigns Bundesliga contract (Germany)
Read - Meo adds Sci-Fi HD (Portugal)
Read - Belgacom introduces new package, includes five HD channels (Belgium)
Read - SES adding 204 transponders
Read - Hispasat bets on HDTV (Spain)

Here at Engadget HD, we'd prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days, let the rest of the world know it in comments. 'Til next week, até à próxima!

Read - Sky HD EPG relaunched
Read - Fox Pan American Sports Establishes Its First HD Platform on the Intelsat Network
Read - Portugal goes for Zen
Read - Movies debut on German iTunes store

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Read - Unitel Classica reveals HDTV details
Read - Sun Direct launches high definition services
Read - The silver bullet for MENA HDTV
Read - Eutelsat Announces the Launch in June on ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 3 of France's Free Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) Channels for Homes Beyond Terrestrial Reception
Read - Naxoo adds myzen.tv HD
Read - Brava HDTV extends to Portugal
Read - Pre-pay DTH for Hungary
Read - No HD in 2009 for RTL Nederland
Read - West Coast Baseball is Back With 50 Games, All in High Definition

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Read - Telewizja Polska signs first EURO 2012 rights deal
Read - HD push by Virgin Media
Read - MGM Channel unspools in Slovenia
Read - MTS hopes you can see it all clearly now -- on TV
Read - Premiere Increases HD Capacity on ASTRA
Read - More channels for NTV-Plus
Read - Sky's new EPG rollout continues
Read - Ziggo to introduce CI+ to the Dutch cablemarket

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Read - Sohu, Haier Partner for HDTV Channel
Read - HDTV a burden to Chinese digital cable TV operators
Read - Swisscable digital take-up grows
Read - CNN comes to Freesat
Read - Cable Operator Guangzhou Digital Media Group Uses Envivio Convergence Headend for New Interactive TV Service
Read - Over 47 Million Homes Now Receive Digital Satellite Signals
Read - Virgin: 150Mbps fibre optic by 2012
Read - Mirics and CyberLink Join Forces to Deliver HDTV to Notebooks
Read - Europe's HDTVs "Starved of HD Content"
Read - Sky Link to boost HD offer
Read - Sky TV agrees to run all TVNZ channels from July
Read - Ten launches dedicated sports channel
Read - Panasonic Debuts High-End Plasma Monitors
Read - Half of Europe signed up to satellite TV
Read - TVNZ brings TiVo to the nation
Read - Sky gives users a glance at its future networked set-top box
Read - Singapore's StarHub to go fully digital by mid-year
Read - ONE kicks off HD sports bonanza
Read - Singapore heats up with high-def biz

Sony's STR-DA6400ES, which casually streams high-def content over CAT5e, has finally nailed down a date to mingle with crowds in Europe. Just today, Sony has announced that the aforementioned model will be available this May along with three other new STR-DH receivers: the STR-DH500, STR-DH700 and the STR-DH800. The flagship model boasts 7.1-channel audio, DLNA compatibility, six HDMI inputs (alongside two outputs) and Digital Cinema Auto-Calibration. The rest of the crew ranges from 5.1- to 7.1-channel and are generally stripped down versions of the big papa. For more details on each (price notwithstanding), give that read link a look.

Sony's XEL-1, widely known as the first consumer-level OLED TV to hit the market, has done a pretty decent job of traversing the globe. For reasons unknown, however, it has yet to touch down in the great nation of Australia. Thankfully for deep-pocketed Aussies who passed up on the Kevin37 deal, all that changes next month. CNET is reporting that Sony will launch its 11-inch wonder Down Under in "mid-April," with pricing expected to be anywhere from AU$6,000 ($4,209) to AU$8,000 ($5,612). Call us looney, but we get the idea that most mates will be passing this opportunity up without thinking twice. We mean, do you have any idea how much, um, stuff that kind of dough buys in Nimbin?

[Via Sony Insider]

Far be it from the personality of Blu-ray (or the BDA, we should say) to reach for notoriety in any way possible, but Blu-ray has just gained one more modicum of staying power over in the UK. For the first time, the existing high-def movie format has been placed gently between the likes of fruit and kitty litter in the theoretical consumer "basket," which supposedly looks to best reflect UK consumer spending habits. We're also told that Freeview set-top-boxes have joined the fray, right along with DVD rentals and portable media players. Maybe that 396 percent surge in UK-based BD sales had a little something to do with it?

Details are frustratingly sparse at the moment, but Smarthouse has it that Sharp is gearing up to offer HDTVs in Australia with a unique Freeview tuning system. Specifically, these sets will boast MPEG4 and MPEG2 tuners which will allow consumers to continue receiving their digital TV signals "without the threat of their TV recording being restricted." You see, the MPEG4 tuners would be used to restrict recording and limit ad skipping, but apparently no such strings can be attached to MPEG2 processors. It's said that the sets should be available "soon," but details like size, features and price have yet to be revealed. Patience, mates.

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Read - BBC extends HD programming hours
Read - Türk Telecom prepares for "massive" IPTV launch
Read - India will get 2010 Games in High Def
Read - SeaChange Deploys Australia's Largest High-Definition Broadcast TV Platform
Read - Eutelsat Participates in Live Satellite-Delivered 3D-HD Demos
Read - China to invest $76 mln in terrestrial TV operation