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Dish Network’s New Satellite ‘EchoStar XI’ Lifts Off Today

Dish Network is to launch a new satellite EchoStar XI on July 15 designed to expand its high-definition capacity. The Sea Launch, headquartered in Long Beach, Calif. is in preparation for the launch of the EchoStar XI satellite on Tuesday, July 15. Liftoff is planned at 10:21pm PDT, July 15 will provide live coverage at [...]

Dish Network To Launch 17 HD Channels on August 1

Dish will be the First Provider To Reach 100 HD channel
DISH Network will be the first satellite television provider to reach 100 high-definition channels in August. DISH Network has announced on Thursday that the satcaster will launch 17 high-definition channels on August 1 to reach 100 channels. DISH Network, during January this year announced that [...]

Cablevision To Add 15 HD Channels From Aug.1

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 [...]

This Week On Satellite TV News-22 June

ESPN Euro 2008 Schedule
ESPN will broadcast CONCACAF Champions League in Latin America
Cox to deliver Five HD Channels In New England
DirecTV begin 2008 Championship Gaming Series Broadcast
ESPN To bring Extensive Coverage of Wimbledon 2008
Comcast Will Launch Three HD Networks
Finally, Comcast and Big Ten Network Agree to a Deal
Bright House Networks adds Two HD channels in Indianapolis
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Finally, Comcast and Big Ten Network Agree to a Deal

Comcast To Carry Big Ten Network From August 15
Comcast has finally settled to an agreement with Big Ten Network, Comcast the largest cable operator and Big Ten Network have announced on Thursday that they have reached an agreement, this agreement will allow Comcast to carry Big Ten Network programming (Standard and High Definition Channels) starting [...]

DirecTV begin 2008 Championship Gaming Series Broadcast

DirecTV started the second season broadcast of the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) in high-definition. DirecTV’s channel begin the broadcast on The 101, an original entertainment network on Monday, June 16 at 10 p.m. EDT and will broadcast live in HD every Monday and Wednesday night and will close up with North America Final on July [...]

DirecTV Signs Deal with LIN TV To deliver Local HD

DirecTV is getting ready to deliver more national and local HD channels with the help of the newly launched satellite DIRECTV 11. For the Local HD expansion, DirecTV has entered an agreement with LIN TV to deliver DirecTV’s HD channels in local markets. LIN TV, a local television and digital media company, which owns or [...]

The Mtn. will debut on DirecTV on Aug. 27

DirecTV will start broadcasting The Mountain West Conference’s television network, The Mtn. network from August 27 and will be available on channel 616. Mountain West Conference reached an agreement with DirecTV during February and DirecTV has agreed to carry the channel from August 1. Before launching on DirecTV, The Mtn is carried to 1.2 million [...]

DirecTV debut New Television Series “Odyssey: Driving Around the World” on June 5

DirecTV will debut the new original series from Defiance Entertainment LLC Odyssey: Driving Around the World. The series will debut 13-episodes of the series on original entertainment channel The 101 of DirecTV on June 5 at 8 p.m. ET. to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s disease. “Odyssey: Driving Around the World” produced and directed [...]

The Weather Channel HD Launch From the New Studio

The Weather Channel has completed the construction of its new 12,500-square-foot HD facility and the channel will be aired from the new studio, Today, June 2. The studio is designed by the same group of Company that did the ESPN HD studios. The programming features of the new studio 10+ 65″ Sharp Commercial LCDs, LED [...]