Sports Three HD may temporarily on Skylink

Sports circuit Slovak Television (STV) Troika (STV3) will probably also available in high definition video (HDTV) throughout the Winter Olympic Games (Olympics) in Vancouver. Three first and last aired on satellite HD for games in Beijing 2 years ago.
"STV3 HD during the Olympics according to my information is right around the corner," said Jaromir Web parabola.cz Glisník of society TradeTec. "Towercom before concluding the agreement with STV," he adds.
Three capacity Skylink has been prepared. "We expect that the HD STV3 during the Olympic Games on our HD transponder accessible to all customers Slovak Skylink," Glisník calculated. Will be a temporary extension of unpaid HD offer.
Where capacity on busy transponder Skulino finding is not yet clear. This case falls reduction program, video bitrates on the program Nova HD, possibly by its inclusion in a statistical multiplex.
Interest paid on programs in high definition (HDTV) is here minimal. Can be concluded from the operator's actions - DVB-S2 transponders already has two SD programs - and paid a non-public test channel DokuCS at the expense of HD content. Last year, tests conducted 720p video format, which should have the effect of reducing the data capacity of existing programs and expansion of the multiplex on other programs. Subscriber strong response but marked a return to the original format, 1080i.
Technical parameters
* Astra 1G (23.5 ° E) freq 12.110 GHz, pol H SR 27500, FEC 9 / 10, DVB-S2/QPSK