KICK OFF AT THE KABELKIOSK
Three-year deal brings live Bundesliga matches to cable viewers

Following the feverishly successful World Cup in Germany this summer, the appetite for live football in the Bundesrepublik has never been greater.

Eutelsat visAvision’s KabelKiosk, the first digital programme and service platform for independent cable network operators, is now at the heart of live German football. This follows a three-year deal between Eutelsat’s German subsidiary and Arena (the programming arm of Unity Media), which holds the broadcast rights for Bundesliga matches.

The agreement brings all 612 matches of the Fussball-Bundesliga (German Soccer League) live to independent cable network operators in Germany. In addition to the Bundesliga package, homes will soon be able to subscribe to an additional offer of nine entertainment channels in a new package named TIVIDI, which will be encrypted in Conax, like all KabelKiosk channels. Eutelsat visAvision intends to increase the TIVIDI package offering up to as many as 20 German-language entertainment channels.

The Bundesliga and TIVIDI packages will be delivered by Eutelsat via its 8° West location, which already delivers the existing KabelKiosk service. On match days, the Arena signal will be delivered from the Munich Arena studio to Skylogic’s teleport facility in Turin, where it will be uplinked to ATLANTIC BIRD™ 2.

Networks wishing to sign up to KabelKiosk can contact:
Eutelsat visAvision GmbH
Im Mediapark 6
D-50670 Köln - Germany
Telephone: +49 221 65 00 45 0
E-mail: info@kabelkiosk.de