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RCN picks up seven of Viacom's HD channels
RCN's hardly the first to go for Viacom's 7-pack of HD channels, but we're sure fans of Ultimate Warrior, The Hills, The Daily Show, iCarly and other programs will be glad to have them. Comedy Central, CMT, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike, VH1 and BET go live today, with HD video on-demand offerings hitting servers July 1. RCN's claiming 100 HD VOD viewing choices, just a few thousand or so behind Comcast at this point, but we figure an upgrade is an upgrade, and at least on RCN you can watch them on a TiVo Premiere, so there's that right?
HD channel expansion roundup
Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say! Read - MTVN Launches Six HD Channels With SES Read - TiVo takes on Nielsen Read - Comcast Adds 27 HD Networks in Houston Read - World Fishing Network: Fully Hooked On HD Read - Smithsonian Networks(TM) and Time Warner Cable Sign Programming Distribution Deal Read - Telemundo Leads HDTV Charge Read - BET HD Now Available on Cox Read - U-verse TV Starts 2009 With Record Quarter Read - Comcast adds 27 new HD channels in Portland Cablevision to add Live Well HD (Thanks LI PC Tech) Read - Cablevision: High Definition Encore and Starz On Demand added Read - Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC) is proud to announce the availability of eight additional high-definition television channels Read - TMJ4 is Now HD (Thanks Paul) Read - FOX 17: Broadcasting in High Definition (Thanks Alex)
DISH Network adds seven new Viacom HD channels, cements HD supremacy
If you want your MTV HD you can get it, and BET HD, CMT HD, Comedy Central HD, Nickelodeon HD, Spike TV HD and VH1 HD on DISH Network. Thanks to a new deal with Viacom, all those HD feeds were announced today as available to all subscribers at no extra cost. Also included? Video on-demand and Internet streaming rights that senior VP Dave Shull had no problem claiming as a testament to DISH's "continued HD leadership" while also asserting its HD supremacy. BET HD is available on the Classic Silver 200 HD package and up, while all the rest are on the Classic Bronze 100 lineup.
