The largest European sports satellite and cable network “The Eurosport Group” has entered an agreement with Championship Gaming Series (CGS), the only worldwide professional video gaming league launched last year by a joint venture among BSkyB, DIRECTV and STAR. The deal will give Eurosport exclusive broadcast rights for CGS in Europe.
The Eurosport Group will start […]
Several Cable operators have added The Weather Channel HD in their high-definition line-up. The channel was launched last year and to begin its HD broadcast from the new studio from June 2. The Weather Channel has entered carriage agreements with major operators like DirecTV, Dish Network, Time Warner, Comcast, Charter and Cox Communications. During the […]
Dish Network has added Sci-Fi Channel HD and USA Network HD in their high-definition channel line-up. After the failure of the satellite AMC-14 failure, every one expected the Dish Network to take a back seat in offering new HD channels. The satcaster announced that the high-definition expansion is on track and will continue to deliver […]
Dish Network has added CNN HD in their high-definition line-up from 16th April. Dish Network is planning to deliver 100 national high-definition channels before end of the year. With this addition Dish Network now offers 77 national HD channels. The satcaster’s AMC 14 satellite, which was launched last month failed to reach the orbit and […]
DirecTV reached an agreement with FSN Northwest that results in the satellite television service delivering every regular season Mariners game during the 2008 season. This deal will add 45 games to the schedule, these additional games are the result of FSN’s new deal with the Mariners in which the network will now air all available […]
Country’s largest cable operator Comcast has included five new high-definition channels in Baltimore, Maryland area. With this addition, Comcast now has 36 HD channels in this area. Comcast is planning for aggressive expansion of HD channels in Southern Maryland area. All these new addition and expansion plans are to keep up the competition with DirecTV […]
According to an article by the Peoria Journal Star, Comcast will add more than 20 channels in high-definition in central Illinois. Apart from ABC Family in HD and Disney
Channel HD added on Comcast HD line-up from April 1 and there are plans to add more than 20 HD channels before April end.
A&E HD, AMC HD, […]
DirecTV has become the Premiere Official Sponsor for the IndyCar Series which started last week at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The satcaster has the rights to a number of premium packages for sports leagues and this deal could be something along the lines of a new version of the NASCAR HotPass. DirecTV […]
Time Warner Cable will add six High-Definition channels in the San Diego area from April 8. To compete with the DirecTV’s high-definition Time Warner Cable also adding HD channels in the local markets. The cable operator plans to offer 100 new HD channels in New York area by the year end. The new channels that […]
Championship Gaming Series (CGS), a Video Game league launched last year targeting 18 to 24 year old consumers was a grand success. The satcaster joined with BSkyB and Star from Asia and has franchises all over the world attracted young ones worldwide targeting the $7.5 billion market of Video games and software.
CGS has announced Qualifier […]
