HDTV News Poster
11-30-2006, 06:22 AM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/discovery-hd/" rel="tag">Discovery-HD</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/satellite/" rel="tag">Satellite</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/bbc-hd/" rel="tag">BBC HD</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/sci/tech/before-the-end-of-the-year-astra-will-broadcast-20-high-definitio?itemId=B24_21805&cl=%2Feitb24%2Fnuevas_tecnologias&idioma=en"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2006/11/11.27.06---astra.jpg" id="vimage_1" alt="" /></a></div>
While receiving new HD channels on <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/19/comcast-adds-several-hd-channels-golf-channel-versus-hd-due-i/">American soil</a> is certainly exciting news, we get extra giddy each time an overseas destination gets struck by HD goodness. While Poland <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/20/poland-first-to--get-mgm--channel-in-hd/">just received</a> another boost to its HD lineup, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/uk/">Europe</a> and Spain are now set to receive 20 additional HD channels of their own. According to Ferdinand Kayser, president and general manager of Astra, Europeans will receive a bevy of new HD channels such as "Discovery, ProSieben, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/10/bbc-hd-increasing-amount-of-high-def-programming/">BBC</a>, Sky, SAT 1, Premiere, Canal Sat and Anixe" before the year's end. While dates aren't as certain on the Spanish front, Astra still plans to deliver these same channels to Spain in the near future, and also stated that the Spanish High Definition Forum is alive and well within their country. Now, when can we North American chaps expect a similar announcement?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/sci/tech/before-the-end-of-the-year-astra-will-broadcast-20-high-definitio?itemId=B24_21805&cl=%2Feitb24%2Fnuevas_tecnologias&idioma=en>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/27/astra-promises-20-additional-hd-channels-for-europe-spain/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/forward/708401/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/27/astra-promises-20-additional-hd-channels-for-europe-spain/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/27/astra-promises-20-additional-hd-channels-for-europe-spain/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_65-708401"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/65-708401?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_65-708401" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-aol_weblogs_xml&channel=Engadget_Mobile_07_RSS&output=png&cuid=65-708401&url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/27/astra-promises-20-additional-hd-channels-for-europe-spain/" /></p>
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While receiving new HD channels on <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/19/comcast-adds-several-hd-channels-golf-channel-versus-hd-due-i/">American soil</a> is certainly exciting news, we get extra giddy each time an overseas destination gets struck by HD goodness. While Poland <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/20/poland-first-to--get-mgm--channel-in-hd/">just received</a> another boost to its HD lineup, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/uk/">Europe</a> and Spain are now set to receive 20 additional HD channels of their own. According to Ferdinand Kayser, president and general manager of Astra, Europeans will receive a bevy of new HD channels such as "Discovery, ProSieben, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/10/bbc-hd-increasing-amount-of-high-def-programming/">BBC</a>, Sky, SAT 1, Premiere, Canal Sat and Anixe" before the year's end. While dates aren't as certain on the Spanish front, Astra still plans to deliver these same channels to Spain in the near future, and also stated that the Spanish High Definition Forum is alive and well within their country. Now, when can we North American chaps expect a similar announcement?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/sci/tech/before-the-end-of-the-year-astra-will-broadcast-20-high-definitio?itemId=B24_21805&cl=%2Feitb24%2Fnuevas_tecnologias&idioma=en>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/27/astra-promises-20-additional-hd-channels-for-europe-spain/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/forward/708401/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/27/astra-promises-20-additional-hd-channels-for-europe-spain/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/27/astra-promises-20-additional-hd-channels-for-europe-spain/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_65-708401"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/65-708401?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_65-708401" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-aol_weblogs_xml&channel=Engadget_Mobile_07_RSS&output=png&cuid=65-708401&url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/27/astra-promises-20-additional-hd-channels-for-europe-spain/" /></p>
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