German Sky adds more HD channels

The Germany-based pay TV service, Sky Deutschland, is planning to add additional high definition channels to its service over the next year.

Currently the satellite broadcaster is showing Discovery HD, History HD, National Geographic HD, Sky Cinema HD, Disney Cinemagic HD, Sky Sport HD and Eurosport HD.

It plans to launch a further four HD channels during 2010, following a licensing deal with the satellite company SES Astra, through which the channels will be delivered.

According to Alexander Oudendijk, the chief commercial officer of SES Astra, this just shows how HD programming is expanding in Germany and the reason for the expansion is down to the demand for this type of service, which appears to be still growing as more content becomes available in HD.