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Article: Canal Digitaal to Launch HD Channels on Astra 23.5 Degrees East
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- September 18, 2009
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Wireless News
09-18-2009
Canal Digitaal to Launch HD Channels on Astra 23.5 Degrees East
Type: News
SES Astra, a SES company, announced that it has signed a long term contract extension for one transponder with the Dutch satellite TV provider Canal Digitaal for its digital services and the launch of new HD channels at ASTRA's orbital position 23.5 degrees East.
Canal Digitaal noted it has a total of six transponders on the Astra Satellite System providing services to over 900,000 DTH subscribers in the Dutch and Flemish market: four transponders on 19.2 degrees East and two transponders on 23.5 degrees East, which are being used for the existing and future HD channels.
Since the ...