ESPN America HD testing in Sky Deutschland

ESPN America HD testing in Sky Deutschland

The German satellite pay-TV Sky Deutschland began testing a new program in high definition televisions (HDTVs) - America ESPN HD. The station will start regular broadcasting on this platform 27.10.2010.

ESPN America HD promises to top sporting events in the USA with American football, including the Superbowl, ice hockey and baseball. The audience waiting for over 2000 hours of live and exclusive coverage of North American leagues, including more than 500 hours of live broadcasts in HD. All programs are broadcast with the original sound.

Television ESPN America HD brings viewers the NFL, NHL, MLB and NCAA.

Test Run the ESPN America HD, appeared on the new transponder Sky Deutschland operator who took over the Central European satellite pay TV of UPC Direct. This is for the Czech and Slovak market broadcasts from satellites Thor 5 and Thor 6 (0.8°W). However, many programs DTH platform UPC continues to broadcast in Czech sound on the original 19.2 ° E.

Technical parameters:
Astra (19.2°E) freq 12.382 GHz, pol H SR 27500, FEC 9/10, DVB-S2/QPSK, CA Nagra MA / Videoguard