May 2008

DISH Network Adds high-definition locals in Buffalo, New York

May 31, 2008 · 0 comments

Dish Network has announced the addition of high definition local channels in Buffalo, New York. This addition is due to Dish Network’s plan to offer 100 national HD channels and local HD channels in 100 markets by year’s end, with this expansion Dish Network has HD locals in 59 markets, representing more than 66 percent [...]

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DISH Network has added new features to its  DISH Decision 2008 interactive television platform on May 29, 2008. DISH Decision 2008 feature is available on DishHOME Channel 100 and many new categories are included like “My Elections,” “News”, “Polls” and has updated with the existing features with new designs and updated information for “You Decide [...]

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ANIMAL PLANET EXPO 2008, A Free Event with Interactive Exhibits and Games Offers Excitement Sponsored by Animal Planet and Comcast comes to Boston on Saturday, June 14, and Sunday, June 15, from 10 AM to 4 PM, at Marshfield Fairgrounds. Animal Planet and Comcast invite Boston area residents and their pets to join in on [...]

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DirecTV customers are blessed with exclusive French Open Interactive, which began on May 25 and will run till June 1. Now Dish Network subscribers can also view French Open matches as Dish Network has entered a deal with Tennis Channel to televise this year’s French Open in an interactive format. Dish Network subscribers with interactive [...]

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Comcast’s 2008 national Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program recognizes 173 young people with scholarships totally $173,000 with each student to receive $1000 as grant. The State Secretary of Education Jack O’Connell of California will honor the students at a special recognition ceremony on Wednesday, June 18th at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

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Verizon Communications Inc, headquartered in New York and Starz Entertainment have reached an agreement on May 27. The multi-year agreement will allow Verizon Communications to offer newly launched Starz Play to its customers. The broadband customers can download Starz hit movies and Verizon can offer all of Starz products to Verizon’s FiOS TV and FiOS [...]

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Comcast has launched AnyRoom(TM) On Demand on Tuesday, May 27 in New England Area. AnyRoom On Demand presents a convenient way to share and access On Demand programs on Comcast Digital Cable boxes throughout the home. With Digital Cable service of Comcast, customers can start a movie or On Demand program on one TV, stop [...]

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Happy Valley City Council have approved Verizon to offer FiOS TV service, delivered over the most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers’ homes. Portland have a stiff competition between Comcast and Verizon and now The Happy Valley City Council voting towards granting approval to Verizon last week have an edge over Comcast. Verizon’s FiOS TV [...]

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Time Warner Cable and News 8 Austin, a 24-hour local cable news-station based in Austin, Texas (operated by Time Warner Cable), through annual Kars & Kids classic car and hot rod show, held on the school’s South Congress Avenue campus raised more than $18,000 for the Texas School for the Deaf. This fund will be [...]

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Canadian TV viewers will be happy to watch more high-definition programming as Smithsonian Networks of the USA and Canada’s foremost HD broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV have reached an agreement. This exclusive programming agreement will allow High Fidelity in Canada to broadcast Smithsonian Channel HD programming on High Fidelity HDTV Inc. channels : Oasis HD Equator [...]

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