Sky Atlantic (German TV channel) explained

Sky Atlantic
Picture Format:1080i (HDTV)
Owner:Sky Deutschland GmbH
Country:Germany
Language:German, English
Area:Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Sister Channels:List of Sky Deutschland channels
Timeshift Service:Sky Atlantic+1 (2015-2017)

Sky Atlantic is a German-and English-language pay-TV station specializing in the broadcasting of HBO productions and therefore has the slogan The Home of HBO.

History

The pay-TV station started its broadcast in HD on 23 May 2012 at 9 pm and was free of charge for three weeks for all Sky subscribers.[1] For the regular reception, the "Sky Entertainment" package and optionally the HD channels must be subscribed. A SD version was started on December 3, 2013. Since 5 November 2015, a one-hour timeshift of Sky Atlantic is also available in HD.[2]

The best audience, with 0.48 million viewers, scored the channel with the premiere of the seventh season of the series Game of Thrones on 17 July 2017.[3]

The timeshift channel Sky Atlantic+1 was switched off on 11 September 2017. The service was replaced by the timeshift service Sky1+1 on 22 September 2017.[4]

Programming

Current programming

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Former programming

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Sky-Atlantic-HD-drei-Wochen-gratis-fuer-alle-Abonnenten.84809.0.html Sky Atlantic HD drei Wochen gratis für alle Abonnenten
  2. Web site: Sky to launch Sky 1 in Germany and Austria. 28 July 2016.
  3. Web site: "GoT" hält Rekord-Niveau, ZDFneo hängt ProSieben ab. DWDL.de. 2017-07-25. 2017-07-25.
  4. Web site: Statt Sky Atlantic +1 - Timeshift: Sky 1 bekommt einen zeitversetzten Ableger. Alexander Krei. 2017-08-22. 2017-08-23. DWDL.de.
  5. Web site: Serien nach Sendern: Sky Atlantic . 2024-08-17 . fernsehserien.de . de.
  6. Web site: Wunschliste. wunschliste.de. 19 August 2017.