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POLISH TV LICENCE ISSUE Deutsche Welle will broadcast and will unencrypted in HD on 11.778 MHz in use DVB-S2. elements SES Astra and of 5G DW have been Broadcast for a live sports production working together for the first time. very The broadcast mode of the new successfully mobile network standard will be The issue between Polish TV since 2012. Their applied on December 6, 2020 from 13:00 and film production company ATM programme CET for the live coverage of the Grupa escalated after the inactivity of offerings reach German Handball Bundesliga match the National Broadcasting Council millions of people in Europe, CIS, between SG Flensburg-Handewitt and (KRRiT) in awarding a terrestrial Africa and North America every day Frisch Auf Göppingen. Sky Sport will licence extension to its thematic use footage from up to twelve 5G channel ATM Rozrywka. smartphones, which will transmit their ATM Grupa lodged a signals via the 5G stadium network of complaint with the Provincial O2. Administrative Court and asked the With the scenes captured by the court to oblige KRRiT to consider the 5G smartphones, Sky will produce a application and to say that the livestream, which will be available free regulator’s inactivity is in gross of charge to all handball fans violation of the law. at www.skysport.de, in addition to the ATM Grupa wants KRRiT to regular TV broadcast on the Sky Sport suspend a tender it is organising for a channel. digital terrestrial frequency currently DISCOVERY+ LAUNCHES IN being used by ATM Rozrywka. UK KRRiT says that ATM Grupa Discovery+ was late in submitting its licence has launched extension application for ATM in the UK Rozrywka. market and it It The channel is distributed on via five satellites and provide them will aggregate the first multiplex and its current with independent news and Discovery licence expires in February 2021. information. UK’s pay-TV and free-to-air brands DW & ASTRA PLAN STRATEGY In addition, a long-term including Discovery Channel, TLC, Deutsche partnership for the SES satellites Astra Animal Planet, ID, Discovery Science, Welle has 3B (for Eastern Europe) and SES-5 (for Discovery Turbo and Discovery planned a Africa) was concluded in June of this History as well as its free-to-air brands strategy to year. It means DW English can also be Quest. expand and it seen in HD quality in these regions. Discovery+ will initially be has secured SKY DEUTSCHLAND AND available on Sky, where Sky Q capacity on Astra and this will help it TELEFÓNICA PLAN 5G TRIAL customers will receive a free to broadcast in the high definition Sky subscription for the next 12 months. format, both in Germany and large parts Deutschland Outside of the Sky environment, of Europe. and mobile consumers will be able to subscribe to Unlike other broadcasters the network discovery+ directly via web or app German international broadcaster has operator purchase Discovery+ will be rolled out remained in standard definition. Telefónica O2 on additional devices and platforms in From December 1, 2020 Deutschland are preparing for a 5G trial 2020 and 2021.
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