Smithsonian Networks has signed a distribution deal with Time Warner Cable, making the cable provider its affiliate. Smithsonian Networks will join Time Warner Cable’s lineup of HD channels. The network also will offer content through different TWC platforms, including Road Runner High Speed Online, HD on Demand and enhanced TV services Start Over and Look Back. “We’re thrilled to be a part of the Time Warner Cable family,” Tom Hayden, general manager of Smithsonian Networks, said in a statement. “This gives us the opportunity to bring the award-winning, original, family-friendly, HD programming that Smithsonian Channel has been producing to a much wider audience through TWC’s multiple platforms.”

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Posted Thu, Apr 23 2009 1:59 PM by News