More Than 2000 Channels on ASTRA / SIRIUS.BETZDORF, Luxembourg Betzdorf (Luxembourgish: Betzder) is a commune and village in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. The commune's administrative centre is Berg. -- SES ASTRA SES Astra SA, is a corporate subsidiary of SES, based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg, that owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary satellites, which transmit approximately 1100 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 176 transponders to 91 an SES company (Paris:SESG SESG Systems Engineering Steering Group SESG Software Engineering Support Group SESG System Engineering Sub-Group ) (LuxX:SESG), has announced today that it has increased significantly the number of broadcast services transmitted via the ASTRA ASTRA Ancient Instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application ASTRA Australian Strategic Air Traffic Management Group ASTRA Arab Supply and Trading Corporation ASTRA Automatic System for Transport Analysis ASTRA Automatic Satellite Tracking Research Antenna Satellite System at the orbital positions 19.2x East, 28.2x East and 23.5x East from 1,648 to 1,864 video, audio and interactive channels at the end of last year. In addition, the SIRIUS satellites at 5x East carry a further 147 channels, bringing the total number of services broadcast via SES satellites in Europe to 2,011 video, audio and interactive channels. "The clear increase in broadcast services transmitted via ASTRA and SIRIUS satellites is further evidence of our leading position as a satellite provider in Europe", says Alexander Oudendijk, Chief Commercial Officer of SES ASTRA. "It also illustrates our successful commercial expansion during the last year, where we were able to increase the number of customers and added a significant amount of new services being carried by our satellites." About SES ASTRA www.ses-astra.com SES ASTRA is the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH (Direct-To-Home) Typically refers to satellite TV broadcasting directly to a dish antenna on the roof of a house. See DBS. ) satellite system in Europe, delivering services to some 107 million Direct-to-Home and cable households. The ASTRA satellite fleet currently comprises 13 satellites, transmitting more than 1,860 analogue and digital television and radio channels. SES ASTRA also provides satellite-based multimedia, internet and telecommunication services to enterprises, governments and their agencies. With 26 High Definition (HD) channels available via its satellites today, ASTRA is also the most important HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates broadcasting platform in Europe. ASTRA's prime orbital positions are 19.2x East, 28.2x East and 23.5x East. SES ASTRA is an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG). SES wholly owns three market-leading satellite operators, SES ASTRA in Europe, SES AMERICOM in North America, and SES NEW SKIES SES NEW SKIES, formerly New Skies Satellites (NSS), is a Dutch operator of communications spacecraft, owned by SES. On November 30, 1998, the Intelsat 703 spacecraft was transferred to New Skies’ control. New Skies operates this and four other spacecraft. , which provides global connectivity as well as coverage. The Company also holds strategic participations in AsiaSat in Asia, Star One in Latin America, SES Sirius in Europe, Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. Americom Government Services provides network solutions and bandwidth to the US government and its contractors. SES provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a fleet of 44 satellites on 33 orbital positions around the globe. Additional information on SES is available at: www.ses-global.com |
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