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Comcast adds 9 HD channels in Sacramento, California area

Cable operators and Satellite TV provider are adding new high-definition channels in different market areas after the aggressive HD expansion by DirecTV, Comcast is also adding Nine new high-definition channels in Sacramento, California area.
This is according to news from www.sacbee.com
To accommodate new high-definition channels to its line-up in this area, Comcast has moved the public [...]

Hallmark ready to Launch Movie Channel in HD

Crown Media will launch its new high-def Hallmark Movie Channel in Peoria, Illinois on April 2 and will include a screening of The Magic of Ordinary Days and an appearance by veteran actor Ernest Borgnine.
This is According to an article by TV Week.
With the scheduled launch of the channel next week, the Crown Media’s decision [...]

Comcast tests for the deployment of 100-gigabit optics

After Verizon claimed last November, that Verizon have completed a live 312-mile network route between Tampa, Fla., and Miami the first test of 100-gigabit-per-second optical transmission, Comcast also announced that they have conducted the same 100-Gps optical networking equipment which will carry live Internet traffic over a production fiber infrastructure, last week. Yes, this test [...]

Seattle subscribers of Comcast are happy to have Two new HD channels

Comcast is expected to add two high-definition channels of Disney’s namely ABC Family and Disney Channel in high-definition in Seattle area.Comcast spokeswoman Jenni Moyer spoke to TVPredictions.com last week that Comcast would add two new HD channels in Seattle area. But she was not clear, if Comcast would add these channels to other market areas. [...]

Cox Communications also to launch TiVo following Comcast

After Comcast’s launched TiVo service last year, Cox communications also about to launch the service in New England Area. Tom Rogers, TiVo president and CEO during a conference call last week said that Cox is trying the TiVo service and will launch the service very soon. Tom Rogers also said that Comcast has started marketing [...]

Fox Football Fone-In to be broadcasted on Mondays till May 12

Nick Webster, the Fox Soccer Channel’s voice of the English Premier League for the past seven years and World Soccer Daily’s Steven Cohen will host the Fox Football Fone-In beginning from Today Monday, March 10. Football viewers can express their opinion and also share their feelings on the weekends soccer action on Fox Soccer Channel [...]

Comcast to offer March Madness VOD in high-definition

Comcast will deliver March Madness college basketball tournament on HD video on demand, Comcast would share with CBS sports, which holds the carriage rights will offer high-definition highlights of the first round games, which on total would work out to be 63 game packages. The special feature of the package would be the Memories of [...]

Time Warner Cable to offer the new high-def Hallmark Movie Channel

According to www.broadcastingcable.com, Time Warner Cable has signed a deal with Crown Media Holdings to offer high-definition Hallmark Movie Channel. It’s expected that the channel to be launched by April, Comcast has also entered a deal with Hallmark Movie Channel to carry its high-definition during launch. DirecTV is also expected to carry the channel as [...]

Comcast customers of Knoxville, Tenn. thank DIRECTV

Comcast customers of Knoxville, Tenn. have to thank DIRECTV as Comcast have started offering high-definition channels for the residents of Knoxville, Tenn following DIRECTV. DIRECTV delivered Local HD programming in Knoxville, Tenn. designated market area lastweek, Comcast reacted immediately and delivering Four HD channels with immediate effect. The new channels launched are Animal Planet HD, [...]

The Weather Channel’s new HD studio nearing completion

The Weather Channel set to launch its high-definition studio program broadcast from June 2 onwards. The Channel’s new 12,500-square-foot HD facility is expected to be completed by this month. The Weather Channel is expecting to launch Evening Edition and Your Weather Today on the day of launch. Debora Wilson president of the channel said they [...]