Canal Digital has entered into cooperation with UPC Direct

Canal Digital Group, which operates the Nordic satellite pay-TV Canal Digital, launched a partnership with Central DTH service UPC Direct DTH UPC and the needs of Central Europe joined the coding systems and CryptoWorks Nagravision 3 to their program.

During the evening, the two encryption schemes UPC Direct attached to the first program in high definition, which is Scandinavia platform to provide our viewers - History HD. The program is broadcast in the distribution of so-called quality - the highest possible quality with a bitrate of about 16 Mbit/s. The advantage of Canal Digital is an excellent technical quality of HD channels - most of the carries with bitrate range of 13 to 16 Mbit/s.

Technical parameters:

Satellite: Thor 5 (0.8°W)
Frequency: 12.130 GHz
Polarisation: Horizontal
SR: 30000
FEC: 3/4
Standard: DVB-S2
Modulation: 8PSK
encryption (CA systems) CryptoWorks + Nagravision 3 + Conax

Over the next hours or days to be attached conditional access systems for other broadcasters - ESPN America, Rush HD and Nat Geo HD. And these programs are in from the Czech offer service UPC Direct. In the second phase expansion of HD viewers are waiting to offer more channels with attractive content - Discovery HD Showcase HD and Animal Planet.

UPC will be on its own DVB-S2 transponders spread HD stations with "local significance - Czech HBO HD, HBO Hungary HD, TH (HD mix CT1, CT2, CT4), Nova and Nova HD Sport HD. From the perspective is clearly seen that the spectators in the Czech and Slovak Republics will have (this time), richer offer HD content.

Czech HBO HD (HBO content in HD) on the transponder UPC appeared this afternoon on the position of the Dune HD transponders that left UPC and send to their leased capacity in the form of free-to-air. SD version of Dune, I replaced the Czech news station CT24. Signal is still encrypted.

Part of the cooperation Canal Digital and UPC Direct is the exchange and SD content. It will be the station where the same program version. This applies especially to the news channels on Eurosport 2 Bundesliga (Eurosport 2 North East Europe), VH1 European and Travel Channel.