Archive for June, 2008
College World Series Coverage on ESPN and ESPN2 have scored well and the coverage is second most-viewed college baseball game ever and have reached double-digit audience. The high-lights of ESPN coverage of College World Series :
ESPN scored 1.1 rating for nine games that averaged 1,091,000 households with total viewers of households.
This marks a 27% increase [...]
June 30th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, High Definition programming, news | 2 Comments
Time Warner Treats Albany and Rochester subscribers with New HD Channels
ESPN360.com to Provide Exclusive Live Coverage of 2008 Asian Cup Cricket Tournament
Time Warner Cable Adds Three HD Channels in Wisconsin
ANIMAL PLANET EXPO comes to Portland
2008 Wimbledon Championships Broadcast Schedule
Cablevision Systems Adds Golf Channel and Versus To Free Video On Demand Service
Arena [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Posted in news | No Comments
The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship enters the Final to be played in Vienna, favorites Germany will play against Spain. German’s go into Sunday’s UEFA Euro 2008 final against Spain without Michael Ballack as their captain is receiving treatment for a calf injury, Meanwhile Spain will try to end their four decade drought against Germans [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, High Definition programming, news | 1 Comment
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) an independent US government agency has set deadline of February 17, 2009 for all the full-powered local stations to switch their analog signals to digital. After this deadline, viewers need a digital converter box or a pay TV subscription to receive the programming. FCC has announced that between January 1, [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Posted in Dish Network, news | 2 Comments
Lifetime Television has announced on Thursday that the network will premiere three new original movies in August. Lifetime will bring Jenna Dewan, Ashley Benson and Academy Award-winner Tatum O’Neal starring Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal on Saturday, August 2 at 9.00 PM ET. Lifetime has announced the schedule of all the three movies to [...]
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, news | 2 Comments
GoTV Networks, a mobile content firm specialized in making made-for-mobile television programming, which produces licensed and original television content has entered an agreement with Destroy Entertainment, an established full service media label for young producers who specialize in non-narrative lifestyle content, including action sports, motor sports, and antics. This agreement will allow GoTV to broadcast [...]
June 26th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, news | 2 Comments
The Arena Football League (AFL) begins Friday June 27 with the first of four Wild Card match-ups. ESPN plans to bring the matches on ESPN and ESPN2. ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will broadcast 11 games of the years Football League playoffs. ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV will broadcast Divisional and Conference Championship games. Complete 2008 [...]
June 25th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, news | No Comments
Cablevision Systems has added VERSUS On Demand and GOLF CHANNEL On Demand to its video on demand (VOD) programming available to iO TV digital cable customers on Tuesday. Subscribers of Cablevision with VERSUS On Demand will have access to wide range of programming such as
The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs highlights
Tour de France Highlights
The network’s best [...]
June 25th, 2008 | Posted in Cablevision, Channels, High Definition programming, news | 1 Comment
Monday, June 23
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wimbledon: Early rounds ESPN2 (L)
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Wimbledon: Early rounds Tennis Channel (T)
Tuesday, June 24
7:00 AM - 5:30 PM Wimbledon: Early rounds ESPN2 (L)
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Wimbledon: Early rounds Tennis Channel (T)
Wednesday, June 25
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wimbledon: Early rounds ESPN2 (L)
7:00 PM [...]
June 24th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, High Definition programming, news | No Comments
Animal Planet and Comcast Invite Portland Residents to Join in Free Fun ANIMAL PLANET EXPO
Animal Planet, Comcast and national sponsors the makers of Fresh Step litter and Purina and local sponsors Wentworth Subarucity, Fred Meyer, and Banfield, The Pet Hospital will bring ANIMAL PLANET EXPO to Portland on Saturday July 12 and Sunday July 13, [...]
June 24th, 2008 | Posted in Channels, Comcast Corporation, news | 1 Comment