update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . may 2009 this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message hd1 redirects here . for the french tv channel see hd1 french tv channel . exqi hd1 hd2 hd3 hd5 launched january 1 2004 network euro1080 owned by alfacam picture format 1080i country belgium broadcast area europe headquarters lint belgium website www.euro1080.tv availability satellite eutelsat eutelsat w3a 10.880 mhz 13.333 mbit s polarisation v dvb s2 qpsk fec 4 5 pilot on . a sample picture of the hd1 tv channel euro1080 was the first commercial broadcaster in europe to broadcast full time high definition television hdtv content . it was founded by gabriel fehervari in 2004 and is owned by alfacam . the name originates from the 1080 lines of vertical resolution in the signal broadcast which is 1080i50 1920 x 1080 at an interlaced frame rate of 50 hz . the signal uses dolby digital 5.1 sound . the headquarters and studios are located in belgium at the eurocam media center . the parent company of euro1080 is the belgium based alfacam group . euro1080 began broadcasting on january 1 2004 from the astra 1h satellite at 19.2 east and was free to air during its first few months . thereafter a 200 conditional access card was required to watch the flagship channel hd1 . in addition to hd1 whose content is primarily hdtv showcasing for regular users a second channel was soon created hd2 focusing on live and recorded hdtv broadcasts of special event for selected theatres . euro1080 currently broadcasts hd1 and hd3 on the following satellite eutelsat w3a at 7 e 10.880 mhz dvb s2 qpsk symbol rate 13.333 mbit s vertical fec 4 5 mpeg4 . it is also possible to receive it from a growing number of cable operators . two channels have been temporarily removed recently when hd2 previously hdevents or hde broadcasts premium events in pay per view . hd5 timesharing with hd2 promotional channel broadcasting a six minute informative video about hdtv and what euro1080 is as well a brief glimpse of the previous day s footage . a new channel was launched in 2008 hd3 culture with music . hd1 then become a sports channel . in october 2005 hd1 and hd2 simulcast in both mpeg 4 and mpeg 2 . this dual encoding lasted until 2007 . telenet the main cable operator in flanders confirmed as part of its launch announcement of telenet digital tv on june 16 2005 that it would sell hdtv set top boxes from june 2006 . since july 2005 the cable operator integan has broadcast hdtv in the outskirts of the city of antwerp in partnership with euro1080 . on october 1 2006 euro1080 started a new digital culture channel named exqi . the first target audience was the flemish and dutch market but the channel has expansion plans to more than 10 channels for the major european countries . 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