[SatBroadcasting(tm)] SES ASTRA has announced that sixx HD will launch in HD quality on HD+ on December 1, 2010.

HD+ is SES ASTRA’s technical platform for the transmission and reception of TV programs in HD quality via satellite in Germany. sixx HD is a channel of the ProSiebenSat.1 group targeting a female audience. It is the eighth private free-TV-channel to launch on HD+ and the fourth channel of the ProSiebenSat.1 group to join the technical platform. Further to sixx HD, ProSiebenSat.1 group also broadcasts Sat.1 HD, ProSieben HD and kabel eins HD via HD+. Other channels on HD+ include RTL group’s RTL HD, VOX HD and RTL II HD (starting December) as well as SPORT1 HD, a channel owned by Constantin Medien. HD+ was launched one year ago and, within the first 12 months, 1.5 million smart cards have been delivered to manufacturers and 400,000 HD+ STBs have been sold. TV viewers can chose between 38 different kinds of set-top boxes that have been brought to market by 22 manufacturers.