MTV Europe To Become Encrypted

MTV Europe is likely to become encrypted in the first quarter of next year. After a promotional period of around three months, MTV’s Astra feed will be encrypted in both of the common VideoCrypt variants and will be made available to subscribers through Sky’s Multi-channel package and the MultiChoice packages, although MTV claims no firm decision has yet been made. MTV has been part of the Multi-channel package since its launch in September, although so far transmissions have not been encrypted.