Poland’s Cyfrowy Polsat pay-TV platform increases Hot Bird™ 9 capacity
Poland’s Cyfrowy Polsat pay-TV platform increases Hot Bird™ 9 capacity
March 6th, 2009 - 12:13 UTC
Eutelsat Communications and Cyfrowy Polsat, the leading pay-TV satellite platform in Poland, have announced the signature of a new contract for an additional transponder on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird™ 9 satellite to support the continued expansion of digital entertainment services, including new HDTV channels for Polish satellite television homes.
With this new long-term lease Cyfrowy Polsat is now using a total of four transponders at Eutelsat’s Hot Bird™ video neighbourhood, reaching a subscriber base of more than 2.7 million homes in Poland, up by 32 per cent from January to December 2008.
Available exclusively from the Hot Bird™ position, the Cyfrowy Polsat platform broadcasts more than 70 digital channels, including five HDTV channels: Polsat Sport HD, Eurosport HD, HBO HD, Discovery HD and MTVNHD.
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