Deluxe Music to launch HD channel

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Deluxe Music to launch HD channel

Jörn Krieger | 13-12-2012

German music broadcaster Deluxe Music will offer its service in high definition from 17 December 2012.
Deluxe Music HD will be available via satellite to DTH households in Germany exclusively on SES' fee-based HDTV platform HD+ via Astra (19.2° East).
The channel, which screens music videos from genres such as rock, disco and soul, will be the 15th service on board HD+. Distribution will be on the frequency 10,803 GHz H (SR 22,000, FEC 3/4).
"With the launch of Deluxe Music HD, all music fans will be able to enjoy probably the only real German-language free-to-air music channel in HD quality," said Alexander Trauttmansdorff, managing director of parent company High View Media.
"Deluxe Music HD will initially be distributed exclusively via HD+," explained Trauttmansdorff. Further platforms will follow over the next year.

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Deluxe Music joins HD+ platform

December 13, 2012 09.37 Europe/London By Robert Briel


SES has announced that its German HD platform HD+ is adding its 15th channel. Deluxe Music HD will start on 17 December 17.

Deluxe Music was launched 2005 in Germany and offers a high-end music channel now also in High Definition.

Launched on November 1, 2009, HD+ reaches over 2.8 million German TV households, allowing households in Germany to receive the following 15 free TV channels in HD quality exclusively via the Astra satellite system: RTL HD, Sat.1 HD, ProSieben HD, VOX HD, kabel eins HD, RTL II HD, SUPER RTL HD, N24 HD, TELE 5 HD, SPORT1 HD, DMAX HD, Nickelodeon HD, sixx HD, COMEDY CENTRAL HD and DELUXE MUSIC HD.

Customers with an HD+ set-top box can receive another 18 HD channels at no extra charge.