Rete 4 start on July in HD...

[sanjay kumar]

One of the three main programs Rete 4 of the Italian media group Mediaset, from the middle of this year will be broadcast only in technically best quality - in HD resolution via the Eutelsat Hot bird satellite system at 13 ° E. The operator will complete the existing MPEG-2 / SD distribution.

In this regard, Mediaset has launched an information campaign that informs viewers that from 1.7.2021 Rete 4 will be available on the free satellite platform tivusat in HD quality only. Some viewers will have to replace outdated TV receivers with newer ones that support MPEG-4 and HD. The ad runs on Mediaset stations as well as online.

By the end of the year, all three main Mediaset stations will broadcast only in HD quality - SD distribution of Italia 1 will be completed in December, and the most watched station of the broadcaster - Canale 5.

After the disconnection of SD distributions Rete 4, Italia 1 and Canale 5, Capacity will be freed up for further improving the offer of the Mediaset program. From January 2021, all of the operator's less significant stations will be transferred to HD broadcasting - Iris, Italia 2, TopCrime, La5 and others...