WeltN24 will be launching a new free-to-air high-definition (HD) channel, BILD in August 2021 via SES’s prime ASTRA neighbourhood 19.2 degrees East in a new multi-year capacity agreement, both companies announced. The new agreement will continue to see SES broadcast Welt and N24 Doku, two channels that are owned by WeltN24. BILD TV will be the third TV channel to be distributed via SES’s ASTRA satellites. Additionally, SES will provide signal uplink and playout services for the latest news channel. The new free-to-air TV channel BILD will be available in HD via SES’s prime TV neighbourhood of ASTRA 19.2 degrees East at frequency 10.964,25 MHz as of August 22, 2021. The TV channel BILD will focus on the live broadcasting segment BILD LIVE, which will cover news and current affairs from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. On Sunday, BILD LIVE will broadcast sports content from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. BILD LIVE can be viewed in parallel on N24 Doku, WELT’s timeshift channel. The programming of BILD will continue to expand with documentaries, reports, live shows and talk shows on politics, sports and entertainment among many other topics. Christoph Mühleib, Managing Director of ASTRA Deutschland GmbH, part of SES stated that they are proud to help their longstanding partner Axel Springer SE expand their TV offering with this notable addition. Together, they will take BILD headlines into German living rooms with their satellites: BILD on TV, just as people know it.