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TAIPEI/MUNICH, June 17, 2010. The DTH operator DishHD and the German company UNITEL have signed a deal to distribute UNITEL’s premium classical music channel UNITEL CLASSICA HD via DishHD in Taiwan. UNITEL CLASSICA HD presents the greatest operas and concerts from today as well as legendary classics with the leading orchestras, conductors and musicians all in high definition. The channel is available by subscribing to the DishHD service in Taiwan.
Since its start in Asia last year, UNITEL CLASSCIA HD has expanded onto several platforms in Korea and Taiwan. In Europe, the UNITEL CLASSICA channels are established as leading premium pay-TV channels in various countries such as Germany, Italy and Spain. CLASSICA is equally successful on Japan’s Tohokushinsha, which began airing the channel more than ten years ago.
UNITEL CEO Jan Mojto: "Through our partnership with DishHD, we've come one step closer toward our goal of making classical music available in the best quality around the world." Steve Skalski, COO of DishHD concurs saying, “DishHD’s leading technology provides an unrivalled experience with featured performances in stunning Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and pristine high definition. Fans of classical music will definitely appreciate the quality of this great channel.”
UNITEL CLASSICA HD is part of UNITEL, which was founded by Herbert von Karajan and Leo Kirch 50 years ago. UNITEL is one of the world’s leading production companies for audiovisual recordings of classical music with a commitment of producing only in the highest technical quality and with the leading artists, opera houses and orchestras. With more than 1,100 productions the UNITEL library includes recordings with world class conductors such as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein and Carlos Kleiber as well as today’s elite such as Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Seiji Ozawa and Christian Thielemann.
The audiovisual recordings feature the Bayreuth and the Salzburg Festival, the Wiener and Bayerische Staatsoper, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valenica/Spain and the Rossini-Festival Pesaro/Italy. The company fosters close partnerships with world star singers and musicians such as Plácido Domingo, Lang Lang, Anna Netrebko, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Elīna Garanča and Cecilia Bartoli and leading orchestras like the Vienna and the Berlin Philharmonic with long lasting DVD-bestsellers on Deutsche Grammophon, DECCA, EMI and SONY Classical. Current recordings include Bizet’s “Carmen” from the Wiener Staatsoper with Anna Netrebko, Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Bayerische Staatsoper with Jonas Kaufmann and Karita Mattila, the “Beethoven9”-cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann and Anne-Sophie Mutter’s Brahms Violin sonatas.
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