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"The Nibelungen" in High Definition on Sat.1 Television
HDTV/SDTV Simulcast of the Sat 1 TV Event of the Year
ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion and SES ASTRA will simultaneously broadcast in HD and
SD via ASTRA 19.2° East on the 29th and 30th of November
Unterföhring/Betzdorf,
22nd November 2004. Just six weeks after the
first simultaneous broadcast in advertising financed German Free-TV
of high-resolution HDTV (High Definition Television) in parallel with conventional
digital standard resolution, ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion and SES ASTRA have
arranged yet another HDTV/SDTV Simulcast.
On 29th and 30th November, "Die Nibelungen – Der Fluch des Drachen“ [The
Nibelungen – The Curse of the Dragon], the "TV Event of the Year" on Sat.1,
can also be received via ASTRA 19.2° East in the new, high-resolution HDTV
standard.
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viewers with suitable receiving equipment can experience this epic two-part
movie about Siegfried, Brunhild and Princess Kriemhild in crystal-clear
picture quality.
The visual experience will be completed by Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, providing
viewers with true cinema quality in the living room.
Technically speaking, the broadcast will be simulcast in parallel to the
SD signal, the film being played out in HDCAM SR (1080i/50 Hz) and delivered
to an MPEG-2 HD encoder with a data rate of some 1.4 gigabits/s. The DPC
(Digital Playout Center) based in Unterföhring, Germany, is responsible
for the re-multiplexing, the modulation and uplink of the HD signal and
ensures that the signal is DVB-conform. The symbol rate is 22 MS/s. The
HD broadcast of "Die Nibelungen – Der Fluch des Drachen“ can be received
via ASTRA Transponder No. 31 on frequency 11.671 GHz.
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Technical Data:
ASTRA 19.2° East
Transponder 31
Frequency: 11.671 GHz
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 22 MS/s
FEC: 5/6
Service Name: Sat 1 HD
Service Provider: ProSiebenSat.1
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For further information please contact:
www.hdtvforum.org
ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion
(www.P7S1Produktion.de)
DPC (Digital Playout Center) (www.dpc.tv)
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