Archive for May, 2008
Lifetime Television network devoted to movies, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in sitcoms and dramas in lead roles has reached an agreement with Cox Communications to carry Lifetime’s new multi-platform channels starting from June. Cox will carry following channels :
Lifetime HD
Lifetime on Demand
Lifetime Movie Network HD and
Lifetime Movie Network [...]
May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, Cox Communications, High Definition programming, Local HD programming, news | 1 Comment
ESPN’s SportsCenter, which has been replaying the days shows twelve times a day will be re-launched with news, highlights and information program on the the opening week of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games starting August 11, Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-3 p.m. ET. The program is restructured now and new SportsCenter will be nine-hour block of live [...]
May 16th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, news | 1 Comment
After launching 22 new high-definition channels, DISH Network removed 10 of the 15 VOOM high-definition channels few days back. Now the satcaster have removed the remaining five VOOM HD channels left from its programming. Dish CEO Charlie Ergen, while presenting the first quarter results admitted that the 10 VOOM high-definition channels have been removed after [...]
May 15th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, Dish Network, High Definition programming, Local HD programming, news | No Comments
DirecTV has launched new Spanish-language service of EWTN Global Catholic Network in Latin America and the Caribbean in its Spanish Language programming Package. Earlier EWTN was available to a smaller percentage of DIRECTV homes equipped with “multi-sat” equipment. Now with this launch, the Spanish language programming will reach more than 17 million DirecTV subscribers and [...]
May 15th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, DirecTV, news | 2 Comments
Charter Communications also gearing up with the HD expansion as other players like Dish Network, DirecTV, Comcast and Time Warner are in full swing in delivering national and local HD channels. Charter has added two HD channels like Discovery HD and TLC HD in Western Michigan during first week of April. Now Central Michigan subscribers [...]
May 14th, 2008 | Posted in Charter, Comcast Corporation, DirecTV, Dish Network, High Definition programming, Local HD programming, Time Warner Cable, news | 1 Comment
DISH Network has launched 22 new HD channels in their HD line-up on Monday. Few of the channels were added during April and remaining HD channels were included this week. But the subscribers of Dish Network after watching the HD line-up were shocked to see
that as much as 10 VOOM HD channels out of 15 [...]
May 14th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, Dish Network, High Definition programming, news | 2 Comments
Comcast is now expanding its high-definition expansion in several markets in order to keep pace with satcasters DirecTV and Dish Network. Dish Network has announced the addition of 22 new HD channels yesterday. Comcast has also added six new High-Definition channels in the Denver area.
The new channels added are:
ABC Family HD
Disney Channel HD
Food Network [...]
May 13th, 2008 | Posted in Comcast Corporation, High Definition programming, Local HD programming, news | 1 Comment
Dish Network has announced plans of its HD programming expansion with the launch of an additional 22 national HD channels beginning Monday, May 12. Dish Network is moving towards its target of 100 national HD networks by year-end. With these additions Dish Network will reach 95 channels and match its rival DirecTV in delivering HD [...]
May 13th, 2008 | Posted in DirecTV, Dish Network, High Definition programming, Local HD programming, news | 6 Comments
The Ellen Degeneres Show will go high-definition this fall after moving its production operations to a newly constructed, state-of-the-art facility on the Warner Bros. Studios. Hilary Estey McLoughlin, President, Telepictures Productions, and Jon Gilbert, President, Warner Bros. Studio Facilities has announced that The Emmy Award winning talk show will begin its sixth season in high-definition [...]
May 12th, 2008 | Posted in High Definition programming, news | No Comments
NBC Learn has launched iCue a free online community that will combine games, video and discussion for students of age 13 and up with the help of NBC’s vast video news archive. NBC Learn is the educational arm of NBC News which will use NBC’s vast video news archive is news source for 13 and [...]
May 12th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, news | No Comments