Sky TV & Freesat rival Real Digital offer premium HD TV by Christmas launches soon

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Real Digital to offer premium HD TV and ITV Player by Christmas

Sky and Freesat rival Real Digital is to launch next week with plans to introduce a 15 channel premium channel package and ITV Player before Christmas.

The Real Digital EPG will include more than 190 free to air TV channels and 70 radio channels.

Pay TV packages are expected to be added in the next three months. A sports package will include Sky Sports 1 and 2 for £25 a month and a 15 channel premium package will include HD versions of US channel Blackbelt TV and an as-yet-unamed music channel for £10 a month.

Viewers will need to activate the viewing card which is included with their receiver either over the phone or online. No contract is required and there is no minimum subscription period.

BBC iPlayer will be available via the red button at launch for those who connect their receiver to the internet via Ethernet. ITV Player is expected to be added before Christmas followed by YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

The first Real Digital receivers go on sale next week

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According to reports Real Digital will now be launching mid to late December 2012.

The latest date being touted is 21st December 2012.

According to realdigital:
Giving the exact date is a bit tricky at this time. We know that the Fortec boxes is now in production and the first shipment should land next week for the Maplin delivery. We have our REAL smartcards and the instruction for how to activate the card has just been signed off and sent to the printers. The single tuner HD Fortec box is ready for delivery next week. The DIGITAL Stream HD PVR will be a few weeks before its ready but certainly before Christmas.