HD-Einspeisung: Kabel Deutschland und Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland bauen Zusammenarbeit aus

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• Contract on distribution of analogue and digital SD signals
• TV channels RTL, VOX, SUPER RTL and RTL II available in HD as of beginning of September 2012
• Video-on-Demand cooperation and carriage of pay TV channel RTL Living in the course of 2012
• Carriage of digital Free TV channel RTL NITRO as of July 3, 2012

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (‘Kabel Deutschland’), Germany’s largest cable network operator, and Media Group RTL Germany today reached an agreement on the distribution of their Free to Air TV, Pay TV and Video on Demand (VoD) content. As part of the contract, the distribution of the TV channels was agreed in analogue, digital SD and digital High Definition (HD). Both parties do not disclose contractual details.

As of beginning of September 2012, Kabel Deutschland will gradually carry RTL Group’s four HD channels RTL HD, VOX HD, SUPER RTL HD and RTL II HD. The HD channels will be automatically added to Kabel Deutschland’s HD Private offering and hence, be receivable for HD Private subscribers at no extra costs.

In addition, in the course of 2012 RTL Group will provide a wide range of VoD content for Kabel Deutschland’s VoD offering ‘Select Video’, and include the Pay TV channel RTL Living in its Pay TV package ‘Kabel Premium Extra’. Further to this, Kabel Deutschland will feed in Free TV channel RTL NITRO as of July 3, 2012.