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The public Polish television Telewizja Polska SA (TVP) launched a free-to-air platform on ASTRA on 15th September 2009. TVP has therefore extended its satellite capacity contracts for the use of two transponders at ASTRA’s main orbital position 19.2 degrees East. TVP has been using this capacity since 2005. TVP is the largest public TV broadcaster in Central and Eastern Europe. ››
Ariane 5’s payload fairing is hoisted into position for installation over Amazonas 2 in the satellite staging area of the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building. Final payload integration is underway for Arianespace’s fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2009, with the Amazonas 2 telecommunications satellite now encapsulated in its payload fairing. ››
On 16th of September 2009, subscribers of the satellite platform CYFRA+ have gained an access to Animal Planet HD. Until 11th of November channel can be viewed by all subscribers of the platform with has at least one HD option activated. This is the ninth high-definition channel available in CYFRA+, other ones include: CANAL+ Film HD, CANAL+ Sport HD, National Geographic Channel HD, HBO HD, Filmbox HD, MTVNHD, Eurosport HD and Eurosport 2 HD. ››
Euronews S.A. (euronews) and the Turkish Radio-Television Corporation (TRT) have announced that TRT has become a shareholder in euronews with a stake of 15.70%.
TRT becomes the fourth main shareholder of euronews after France Télévisions (25.37%), RAI (22.84%) and RTR (16.94%). The agreement came into effect on 6th of August 2009.
Turkish-language version of euronews will be launched in January 2010. Turkish will be the ninth language version of euronews, alongside Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. euronews in Turkish will be broadcast on comprehensive satellite network via 34 satellites covering the entire world and reaching more than 293 million households in 150 countries via cable, ADSL, satellite and terrestrial.
TRT will also broadcast euronews’ Turkish-language version to more than 17 million households in Turkey and Turkish-speaking neighbouring countries via various distribution networks (analogue, digital terrestrial, cable, satellite, ADSL, mobile, etc.).