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NEWS<br />
E U R O P E<br />
HDTV & 3D Programmes<br />
Edited by<br />
Branislav Pekic<br />
WORLD CUP TESTING GROUND FOR 3G<br />
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be the<br />
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president of Eutelsat. The event will run June<br />
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his words, is the cost of 3D ready TV sets, which<br />
cost some €2000. Berretta anticipated that new<br />
devices will appear on the market that will allow for<br />
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DENMARK<br />
TV3+HD LAUNCHES ON VIASAT<br />
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Danish free-TV channel TV3+, has launched<br />
on Viasat's pay-TV platform in Denmark. The<br />
channel is available for Viasat's <strong>satellite</strong> TV<br />
customers with an HD subscription and will also<br />
be distributed by third-party IPTV and cable<br />
networks. Major sports events to be shown on<br />
the channel include the Danish national football<br />
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GERMANY<br />
WDR AIRS SPORTS IN HDTV<br />
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HANSENET LAUNCHES HD CHANNELS<br />
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offered at no additional cost. Customers will need<br />
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subscription, or which can be purchased for €99.90.<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
CANALDIGITAAL EXPANDS HDTV CAPACITY<br />
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used for the further extension of the HDTV line-up<br />
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UNITED KINGDOM<br />
BSKYB INTRODUCES 3D TO UK<br />
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only a taster ahead of BSkyB's dedicated channel<br />
launch in April. Initially, the service will concentrate<br />
on sports and be available only in pubs and clubs.<br />
<br />
due to launch later this year on the Sky HD channel.<br />
VIRGIN MEDIA ADDS EUROSPORT<br />
HD, DISCOVERY HD<br />
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subscribers can currently receive the follow-<br />
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FREEVIEW PREPARES HD SERVICE<br />
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in March, initially with only three channels — BBC<br />
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To receive the HD channels, viewers only need to<br />
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N O R T H A M E R I C A<br />
CANADA<br />
SHAW DIRECT ADDS V IN HD<br />
Shaw Direct customers now have even more<br />
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<br />
Direct customers and is the tenth new HD channel<br />
added by Shaw Direct in the last year. V HD builds<br />
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FREEHD RECEIVES GREEN<br />
LIGHT FOR LAUNCH<br />
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Canada to offer around 100 local TV channels in<br />
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Canada will be required to operate like other local<br />
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UNITED STATES<br />
DISCOVERY, ESPN TO LAUNCH<br />
3D CHANNELS<br />
Two new dedicated 3D television channels are<br />
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<br />
Sony and Imax for a joint-venture network in 2011.<br />
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TWO THIRDS OF AMERICANS<br />
OWN HDTV SETS<br />
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to purchase one within the next two years. This<br />
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ECHOSTAR VIP-TV DELIVERS<br />
HD CHANNELS TO BTC<br />
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video transport service to BTC Broadband, a<br />
provider of whole home telecommunications<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
streams into the fs|cdn IPTV middleware solution<br />
from Conklin-Intracom. EchoStar's ViP-TV<br />
transport service offers a suite of IPTV services<br />
that includes approximately 300 popular, broadcast-<br />
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FOX TO LAUNCH FOOTBALL CHANNEL IN HD<br />
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ciation Cup and the Italian Serie A.<br />
COMCAST TO TERMINATE 40<br />
CHANNELS IN ANALOGUE<br />
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Subscribers to Comcast's extended basic cable tier<br />
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nals. Customers who want to watch those channels<br />
<br />
adapters on each additional set. Comcast will pro-<br />
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A S I A & P A C I F I C<br />
ORBIT SHOWTIME NETWORK<br />
LAUNCHES HDTV<br />
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AUSTRALIA<br />
ABC TO USE HDTV SLOT<br />
FOR NEWS CHANNEL<br />
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broadcaster admits it is not the best way to<br />
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has one HD channel and three SD channels.<br />
<br />
same content as its main channel, ABC1, but<br />
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be able to receive the channel from day one.<br />
JAPAN<br />
JUPITER LAUNCHES FIRST 3D TV SERVICE<br />
Cable operator Jupiter Telecommunications<br />
<br />
to company sources. The 3D services will be<br />
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The Sky Perfectv DTH platform is also report-
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