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Amazonas 2 satellite is integrated for launch
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Animal Planet HD in CYFRA+
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History in CYFRA+
- 2009-11-02 14:25:20 / Rafal Tomasiak
- last update: 2009-11-02 16:25:05
- source: Inf. wł.
On 2nd of November 2009 CYFRA+ has added a documentary channel History to its offer. History is owned by the American company A&E Television Networks. Channel is available in Komfortowy+, Prestizowy+ and Prestizowy+ HD packages at no extra charge. Until now, History was only available in Poland in cable networks including UPC Poland and ASTER.
Polish version of History Channel appeared in early April 2008, while its original version is available since 2005. History can be found on channel 78 in CYFRA+ decoders. History is a 16th channel added to CYFRA+ offer in last 12 months. CYFRA+ is the first DTH platform in Poland that offers History Channel.
Technical parameters:
Hot Bird 9 (13E)
tp. 110 (10,719 GHz, pol. V, FEC: 3/4, SR: 27500)
ID: HISTORY Channel
PID V: 168
PID A: 112
PID PCR: 168
SID: 4409
PID PMT: 1009
Encoding: Seca MediaGuard 4
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