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MUMBAI: Multi Screen Media (MSM) has launched a high-definition version of its English movie channel Pix. “We have launched Pix HD. Our initial target is digital cable. We are also talking to DTH operators,” said MSM English channel cluster head Saurabh Yagnik. sony-pix-hd-logo01It has taken MSM a while to launch Pix in HD.
Movies Now was the first English movie channel to launch in HD. Then other players like Star followed suit. Yagnik adds that initially the channel will not carry ads. It will have advertising, but following the industry trend, there will be fewer compared to the standard-definition version of Pix. The content on both channels is the same.
An industry expert notes that HD channels like Pix target a super premium audience. “A channel like Pix will have SEC A, B as the target, but the HD channel will address a higher layer SEC A+.
MSM launches Pix HD | TelevisionPost.com | TelevisionPost.com
Movies Now was the first English movie channel to launch in HD. Then other players like Star followed suit. Yagnik adds that initially the channel will not carry ads. It will have advertising, but following the industry trend, there will be fewer compared to the standard-definition version of Pix. The content on both channels is the same.
An industry expert notes that HD channels like Pix target a super premium audience. “A channel like Pix will have SEC A, B as the target, but the HD channel will address a higher layer SEC A+.
MSM launches Pix HD | TelevisionPost.com | TelevisionPost.com