HD+ is Coming to Sky Subscribers in Germany

11 April 2011

SES ASTRA, announced that its German HD offer HD+ that comprises commercial free TV channels will also be available on HD receivers for subscribers of the German pay TV package Sky. Starting this summer, all Sky satellite subscribers equipped with a Sky HD receiver can watch commercial free TV channels in HD quality offered via HD+ with their existing Sky satellite HD receivers and their smart cards and without changes to their technical parameters.

HD+ today carries eight commercial free-TV channels in HD: RTL HD, SAT.1 HD, ProSieben HD, VOX HD, kabel eins HD, RTL II HD, SPORT 1 HD and sixx HD. The channels are broadcast encrypted and are available for a technical service fee of 50 euros per year. The free trial period for the HD+ reception is up to twelve months.

Ferdinand Kayser, President and CEO of SES ASTRA, said: ”Our cooperation with Sky significantly extends the technical reach of HD+ and adds another highly attractive target group with a strong affinity to premium programmes and high end technologies like HDTV. The cooperation with Sky and the increase of our technical reach underpin the high attractiveness of the HD+ offer for broadcasters and viewers, and confirm that our concept of a neutral technical platform available to all viewers and platforms is successful.”