AB Groupe , the French producer of content they deliver several TV channels as RTL9 , AB1 , AB Moteurs or XXL, among others, already broadcast in high definition versions thereof. And it does now via satellite Badr 5 (26 ° East) .

The process starts in the satellite distribution and later ADSL so that migration of these services will take place after the Arabsat satellite through the CanalSat platform present in the Astra ( 19.2 ° East ) satellites .

Will be from May 13 when it will occur in Astra entry into operation of these channels in HD Groupe AB , passing be in MPEG- 4 and DVB -S2 .

This change in the compression standard and the DVB format turn behave to the compatibilildad with receiving channel signals in a standard definition ( SD ) .

These channels are the company Groupe AB AB Moteurs , Polar , AB1 , Escales , Encyclo , Toute l' Histoire, Mangas, XXL or Dorcel TV, among others. Since that time , subscribers who wish to continue receiving these chains have to change receiver.

However, it is possible that some of these channels in their transformation to high definition broadcasting in native format.