St. Louis, Missouri based cable operator Broadstripe, providing cable service in parts of Maryland, Michigan, Washington, and Oregon has added Big Ten Network in standard definition on Friday, Sept. 26. Broadstripe serves more than 130,000 customers also plans to launch the sports network in high-definition on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Frank Scotello, senior vice president of [...]
Comcast has announced that the cable operator broadcasts all four of this fall’s presidential and vice presidential debates through On Demand for its digital cable customers in New England. Comcast has signed a partnership with WGBH Boston to broadcast the coverage and subscribers will be presented On Demand at no extra cost. The cable operator [...]
Bell TV, division of Bell Canada Enterprises that provides satellite television service across Canada has announced that it will launch HBO Canada to its extensive Bell TV programming line-up on October 30. Bell TV will launch HBO Canada in standard and high definition platform. Bell TV will add HBO Canada to The Movie Network or [...]
Comcast has announced that the cable operator will launch eighteen new high-definition channels in Boston, MA. Recently Comcast announced its plan to launch 14 new HD channels in Longmont, Colorado. Its expected that Comcast will roll out following new HD channels in Boston before end of October:
Big Ten Network HD
Biography Channel HD
Bravo HD
CNBC HD
Encore [...]
DirecTV started added local high-definition channels in many markets as the satcaster last week provided local HD broadcast in Syracuse, N.Y., South Bend-Elkhart, Ind., Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla., Richmond-Petersburg, Va., Toledo and Youngstown, Ohio. Its time for Champaign-Springfield-Decatur subscribers in Illinois to receive local HD broadcast. Following local broadcast are available in high-definition:
WICS/ABC
WCIA/CBS
WRSP/FOX and
WAND/NBC
DirecTV announced [...]
Verizon FiOS TV has announced the launch of 39 new channels, including 19 additional high-definition channels in Maryland and northern Virginia. Verizon says that the subscribers in Maryland and northern Virginia have more than 540 HD choices and 48 high-definition channels at any time, and also 500 high-definition VOD titles offered each month. With the [...]
Entertainment Studios, headquartered in Los Angeles, syndicated television programming produced has announced it will launch six targeted high-definition networks by end of 2008. Entertainment Studios has signed an agreement with Verizon’s FiOS TV to launch all the six channels on Verizon Programming line-up. The company is planning to launch following six HD channels:
Cars.TV — [...]
XFMedia and All Sports Network (ASN) have reached a distribution agreement on Sept.19. This agreement will allow Hong Kong based Yes TV to launch ASN in China in Sept. 2008. ASN will broadcast North America’s biggest sports leagues in high definition television that will include the National Hockey League (NHL), the National Football League (NFL), [...]
Verizon FiOS TV has announced that they are offering Verizon’s Spanish Language Package free for one year for new customers in California signing by Nov. 7. This package provides programming such as La Familia Cosmo Visio that honors Hispanic culture through music, kids programs and talk shows and Canal Sur, a unique source for news [...]
Shaw Communications, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta serves mostly in B.C. and Alberta and Star Choice pack will launch TSN2 on Friday, Sept.19. TSN2 will be launched in standard and high-definition and the channel will provide Star Choice sports and Shaw fans with 800 hours of live coverage, encore telecasts of Live TSN programming. TSN2 is [...]
