DirecTV went on aggressive high-definition expansion last year from September 19, 2007 and almost ended the year with 90 high-definition channels without any competition from other Satellite television provider like Dish Network or from other Cable companies. During September of the same year the satcaster started delivering local high-definition programming with local HD in Honolulu [...]
Dish Network effort to compete with DirecTV in high-definition expansion failed last week as AMC-14, new satellite failed to reach the orbit. Dish Network was leasing The AMC-14 satellite to use it for the expansion of its high-definition offerings. This failure will have a huge impact on its 100 national high-definition channels by the end [...]
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 [...]
According to Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett Dish Network has underperformed in the fourth quarter of 2007. The analyst predicted to add about 148,000 subscribers in this quarter but Dish Network was able to add only about 85,000 subscribers, which is far less compared to fourth quarter of 2006, the Dish Network added about [...]
After last year bliss of high-definition by DirecTV announcing “Year of HD”, the satcaster committed 100 HD channels before 2007 during Investor Relations meet on 01-08-2007, but failed with the commitment and ended the year with 87 HD channels. Dish Network and Cable Companies in USA were stranded and lost their customers to DirecTV. The [...]
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 [...]
