Cablevision Systems Corp will deliver 15 free high-definition channels in July. The Cable operators announcement comes at the right time as DirecTV will start its HD expansion to deliver 150 HD channels and other operators are delivering with HD channels everyday.
Cablevision has announced that the new HD channels will be added starting from the end of July (28th) and will be available to iO TV digital cable customers for no additional cost from August 1. Cablevision will serve all the new HD channels to its 1.1 million customers who have at least one high-definition TV and HD-enabled set-top box.
If these channels are included Cablevision’s high definition lineup to 60 HD channels. Cablevision Systems Corp has not revealed all the 15 HD channels to be launched but will include following HD channels :
AMC
Animal Planet
Discovery Channel
FOX News Channel
FX
Hallmark Movie Channel
Nickelodeon
The Weather Channel
Travel Channel and
WE TV
“With our nation poised to celebrate the holiday that marks our freedom, we thought it was a perfect time to announce even more free HD for our iO TV digital cable customers,” said John Trierweiler, Cablevision senior vice president of product management, in a statement.
“Free HD has become an important competitive differentiator of our digital-cable service, and with these additions iO TV customers will have access to 60 of the best HD channels at no additional cost, including all of the HD games of all nine New York-area professional sports teams.”
Cablevision Systems Corp said it would also have capacity for 150 HD channels by year-end.
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