SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company, has announced today that it has signed a long-term satellite capacity agreement with Discovery Communications.
As of 1st February this year, XXP, a German factual based mainstream entertainment channel, has extended its analogue transmission from four to 24 hours per day (transponder 12, frequency 11,376.50 MHz, vertical polarisation). XXP has been using analogue capacity from ASTRA on the prime orbital position 19.2° East since May 2001. XXP is also distributed in digital on ASTRA.
Discovery Communications acquired a controlling stake in XXP in March 2006.