TVE HD
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TVE HD is a high-definition
channel run by the Spanish public broadcaster Televisión Española
. The channel broadcast the 2008 Olympic Games
in high-definition. It was available via pay-TV platforms Digital+ and Imagenio
, but not on digital terrestrial
and free to air as originally planned the channel was available until its closure on 19 August. On 15 June 2009 the channel was relaunched again, now under the new TVE brand, only by digital terrestrial in Valladolid
, in order to test the broadcasting capabilities of different HD formats. In 2010 new relay stations were added in Barcelona
, A Coruña
, Madrid
, Seville
, Zaragoza
and programming was boosted with new programs.
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
channel run by the Spanish public broadcaster Televisión Española
Televisión Española
Televisión Española is the national state-owned public-service television broadcaster in Spain. TVE's activities were previously financed by a combination of advertising revenue and subsidies from the national government, but since it's been supported by subsidies only.TVE belongs to the RTVE...
. The channel broadcast the 2008 Olympic Games
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in high-definition. It was available via pay-TV platforms Digital+ and Imagenio
Imagenio
Movistar Imagenio is an IPTV television service provided in Spain operated by Telefonica. The service was started as a commercial pilot test in the city of Alicante on 2002 and later extended to some major cities like Madrid and Barcelona on April 2004....
, but not on digital terrestrial
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
and free to air as originally planned the channel was available until its closure on 19 August. On 15 June 2009 the channel was relaunched again, now under the new TVE brand, only by digital terrestrial in Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
, in order to test the broadcasting capabilities of different HD formats. In 2010 new relay stations were added in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, A Coruña
A Coruña
A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
and programming was boosted with new programs.