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HDTV
Exceptional picture resolution, 3D effects and Dolby 5.1 digital sound.

Together with the industry's leading broadcasting groups and producers, we are united in providing the best technology for experiencing high definition television (HDTV).

:: HD Channels via Eutelsat

BROADCAST SERVICES :: HDTV

EUTELSAT, EUROPE'S NUMBER ONE HD PROVIDER, BREAKS THROUGH THE BARRIER OF 100 HDTV CHANNELS

:: Delivering more than 100 HDTV channels, Eutelsat broadcasts 42% of HD channels available in Europe.

:: Boosting HDTV development at nine key orbital locations.

:: Since the launch of high definition in Europe in 2005, Eutelsat has been this industry’s innovator. Over the last 12 months, we have doubled the number of HD channels broadcast via our satellites.

:: 97% of our HDTV streams are broadcast in MPEG4, 79% through the advanced DVB-S2 standard

Eutelsat provides end-to-end broadcasting solutions, including encoding, encrypting, multiplexing and uplinking, via our teleports in France and Italy or our worldwide network of partner teleports.

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THE HDTV MARKET

:: 62% of HDTV awareness in Europe1

:: 70 million installed HDTV screens in Western and Eastern Europe and the Middle East2

:: Over 10 million households plan to adopt HDTV over the next 12 months1

:: Satellite to remain the main delivery platform for HDTV2
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HDTV CHANNELS BROADCASTING VIA EUTELSAT

Find out which channels you can receive in our list of HD channels broadcasting via Eutelsat.

WHAT IS HDTV?

HDTV has a screen ratio of 16:9, and is normally provided with 5.1 independent channels of CD-quality stereo surround sound (also referred to as AC-3).

The video signal enables an increased image resolution by offering up to 1080 active lines and 1920 pixels per line, instead of the 576 lines and 720 pixels per line provided by the PAL TV standard. The increased resolution at progressive scan instead of interlaced makes the picture extremely sharp.

CASE STUDIES

RRSAT LAUNCHES NEW HD PLATFORM ON EUROBIRD™ 9A

RRsat Global Communications Network has launched a new DVB-S2 HDTV platform on Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 9A satellite, which from 9 degrees East provides coverage of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The new service will also extend Eutelsat Germany's KabelKiosk platform, which delivers free and subscription channels to German and European cable network operators.

Four channels are already broadcasting on the RRSat HDTV platform: Fashion TV’s FTV HD, and the children’s channel Bebe TV are broadcast free-to-air. The sport and culture channel, HD1, and live music channel i-concerts HD are encrypted.

RRsat Global Communications Network, a global satellite & fibre distribution service provider, offers end-to-end solutions, including uplink, downlink, turnaround, playout and production services for television, radio and data channels. Their new playout facility provides end-to-end HD playout services, including high resolution graphics and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. They have also recently upgraded SNG services, to provide occasional users with the same high quality HD broadcast as TV channels. Through its proprietary "RRsat Global Network," composed of satellite and fibre transmission capacity and the Internet, RRsat offers high-quality, flexible global distribution services for content provide

HDTV CHANNELS BROADCASTING THROUGH EUTELSAT’s EUROBIRD™ 9A SATELLITE BOOSTED BY SUNDANCE CHANNEL HD AND MEZZO LIVE HD

The diverse range of HD channels broadcast by the EUROBIRD™ 9A satellite took a leap forward with the arrival of Sundance Channel HD and Mezzo Live HD. Additional HD channels are gearing up to join the EUROBIRD™ 9A video neighbourhood in the coming months, including Trace Sport HD, whose launch was announced by Trace at MIP TV in Cannes.

The launch of Sundance Channel HD on EUROBIRD™ 9A is a satellite first in Europe.
Owned by Rainbow Media and targeting an audience from 18 to 49, the channel will
leverage the satellite’s exceptional coverage to reach out to cable operators in Central
Europe, starting with UPC in Poland. The playout and uplink of the channel is managed by Telefonica from Madrid.

Broadcasting round the clock in Full Native HD, Mezzo Live HD’s content includes operas, classical concerts, ballets and jazz concerts, with 270 hours of new programming and at least ten live events in the first year. Co-owned by Lagardère Active and France Télévisions, the programming of Mezzo Live HD is separate and complementary to Mezzo SD.

(1) Source: GFK, TNS, CSA, Eutelsat Analysis (2) Source: Screen Digest, 2008-2012