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Golf Channel has launched a high-definition channel reaching almost 16 million homes in the U.S. Golf Channel HD will feature exclusive HD coverage of the first three PGA Tour events from Hawaii, kicking off Thursday with the Mercedes-Benz Championship from Maui and continuing with the PGA’s Sony Open...
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Joining the rest of the 24-hour news pack, MSNBC is making the leap to full 1080i high definition starting next spring, the network announced this week. “As viewers are making the transition to HD more and more every day, we’re looking forward to delivering what they want: a full high-definition experience...
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Disney-ABC Television Group has made a deal with Verizon to make ABC shows available on video-on-demand to FiOS TV subscribers. Terms of the deal call for Verizon to disable the fast-forward button so that viewers cannot skip through the commercials contained in a show. The shows are being offered in...
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Coupled with a rebranding in May, Ion Media Networks announced Monday the network is going HD beginning in the first quarter of 2009. Ion Media encompasses Ion Television, formerly Pax TV, as well as qubo and Ion Life. Ion Television will be the first to jump to HD in first quarter ’09, with qubo and...
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Comcast, continuing its push toward offering more high-definition program by year’s end, is celebrating its milestone of more than 1,000 HD options for its subscribers. Touting “more than 1,000 high-definition viewing choices,” Comcast is on track with its Project Infinity, announced during 2008’s Consumer...
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Cablevision Systems Corp. will be adding five new HD channels to its iO TV digital cable roster, including MTV HD, VH1 HD, CMT HD, Fuse HD and NHL Network HD. The latest additions, scheduled to be rolled out between today and Thursday, bring the cable service’s high-def offerings to 65 channels. “As...
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Dish Network will add two high-definition specialty channels to its lineup that will be solely dedicated to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Dish’s agreement with NBC Universal will bring NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and NBC Olympic Basketball Channel to Dish Network subscribers, offering them all-day HD coverage...
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Verizon’s FiOS this week stormed the Big Apple armed with 100 high-definition channels. Too bad a New York-based stock analyst gave the fiber-optic television service a Bronx cheer. FiOS’ HD channel inventory trails only U.S. satellite TV leader DirecTV, which said this week that it will have 130 HD...
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HD programming picks for July 31-Aug. 6: “Jaws,” “Sunrise Earth: Tropical Palms,” “Weekend at Bernie’s” “Jaws” (HDNet Movies). Sat., Aug. 2, 8 p.m. Cue John Williams’ ominous theme music as Steven Spielberg’s 1975 thriller redefines the term “chum” for a generation of beachgoers. “Sunrise Earth: Tropical...
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Dish Network will add high-definition local channels in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas. The addition brings Dish’s roster of local channel offerings to 66 markets, reaching more than 69% of U.S. TV households. Dish Network is committed to reaching 100 local HD markets by the end of the year. The company...