Charter Communications has announced the launch of TBS in high-definition in Wisconsin markets on Sept. 30. Charter is scheduled to launch TBS in HD on Oct.14, but launched earlier and delivered opening round playoff game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies in HD. Atlanta based operator has exclusive rights to broadcast the first round [...]
Charter Communications and Starz Entertainment have announced an early sneak preview of full episodes of the new Starz original series, “Crash,” via Charter On Demand. Full episodes of “Crash” sneak preview will be available on Charter On Demand from Oct.1 through Oct.18, 2008. The 13-episode, one-hour series Oscar-winning “Crash” will debut on Oct.17 at 10:00 [...]
Charter Communications has reached a distribution agreement with NBC Universal (NBCU) on Aug 05, 2008 to broadcast 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This agreement will allow Charter to broadcast more than 1,200 total hours of Olympics coverage on seven NBCU networks like NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen,
Telemundo, Universal HD and USA Network.
Charter Communications broadcast feature of 2008 [...]
DirecTV has announced that they have reached an agreement with LIN TV on 9th, June for the retransmission of LIN TV’s broadcast stations in both analog and high-definition. Following DirecTV, Charter Communications has announced on June 11 that they also have entered an agreement with LIN TV. This agreement will allow Charter to carry [...]
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 [...]
Time Warner Cable has entered a carriage agreement with BabyFirstTV, America’s first and only channel dedicated to child-development programming. Time Warner is to join other multiple system operator’s (MSO) like DirecTV, DISH Network, Comcast, Charter and AT&T to carry the 24/7 commercial-free network for babies and toddlers. BabyFirstTV has now carriage agreements with providers to [...]
Apart from DirecTV, only few operators present the MLB Extra Innings this season. According to TVPredictions.com, Dish Network won’t broadcast MLB Extra Innings either in standard or high-definition. Cox Communications in Rhode Island and San Diego will provide high-definition version of the games. Cablevision will carry the games but have not disclosed the amount of [...]
Apart from DirecTV, no other service provider would give in-depth coverage of Major League Baseball Extra Innings, the satcater will provide up to 40 high-definition games a week. Last year DirecTV signed seven year contract with MLB at an exclusive deal of $700 million. DirecTV’s competitor Dish Network, did not offer the package of out-of-market’ [...]