SKY HD (Italy)
SKY HD is the brand name of the HDTV service launched by SKY Italia on 20 April 2006 in Italy - during 2006 FIFA World Cup - to enable high definition channels on SKY Italia to be viewed. The service requires the user to have a Skybox HD (distributed by SKY Italia), and a HDTV with HDCP enabled. A HD PVR decoder called MySKY HD was launched on 26 May 2008 (on 20 December 2008 was sold a particular edition designed by Fendi in favour of the international organisation Child Priority).
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Technical information
The first generation of Skybox HD were produced by Amstrad and Pace.
Channels
The following channels are available and can currently be found on the given channel numbers. Selecting these numbers on a non-HD Skybox brings up an information banner displaying a contact telephone number.
| Channel Number | Channel | Owner/parent company |
|---|---|---|
| 110 | Fox HD | Fox International Channels Italy |
| 114 | Fox Crime HD | Fox International Channels Italy |
| 207 | SKY Sport HD 1 | SKY Italia |
| 208 | SKY Sport HD 2 | SKY Italia |
| 209 | Eurosport HD | TF1 Group |
| 307 | SKY Cinema HD | SKY Italia |
| 308 | SKY Cinema HD +24 | SKY Italia |
| 409 | National Geographic Channel HD | Fox International Channels Italy |
SKY Italia has confirmed that within September it will be launching 14 new HD channels, most of them simulcasting with their standard definition counterpart, and even more in the near future.
| Channel | Owner/parent company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SKY Cinema 1 HD | SKY Italia | Simulcasting SKY Cinema 1, it will replace the current SKY Cinema HD |
| SKY Cinema Hits HD | SKY Italia | Simulcasting SKY Cinema Hits, it will replace the current SKY Cinema HD +24 |
| SKY Cinema Max HD | SKY Italia | Simulcasting SKY Cinema Max |
| SKY Sport 1 HD | SKY Italia | Simulcasting SKY Sport 1 , it will replace the current SKY Sport HD1 |
| SKY Sport 2 HD | SKY Italia | Simulcasting SKY Sport 2 , it will replace the current SKY Sport HD2 |
| SKY Sport 3 HD | SKY Italia | Simulcasting SKY Sport 3 |
| SKY Supercalcio HD | SKY Italia | Simulcasting SKY Supercalcio |
| SKY Calcio 1 HD | SKY Italia | |
| SKY Calcio 2 HD | SKY Italia | |
| Discovery HD | Discovery Networks Europe |
See also
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