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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)
The Smithsonian Channel HD coming to Charter, FiOS TV
Nearly five months after The Smithsonian Channel HD landed on DirecTV, the channel is now well on its way to Charter and FiOS TV systems. Sure enough, Smithsonian Channel has "reached affiliate agreements" with both Charter Communications and Verizon, and yes, the deals do include the SD and HD versions along with Smithsonian Channel On Demand content. Interestingly, no actual launch dates were announced for either carrier, but according to the release, Smithsonian Channel is looking forward to "announcing other distribution agreements over the next few months." Keep an eye on that EPG, you two sects.
The Smithsonian Channel HD to launch on DirecTV this Wednesday?
The phrase patience is a virtue is what people waiting around tell each other to make themselves feel better. Well the DirecTV fans are no doubt saying this, and while no one seems to know exactly when DirecTV will turn on all the HD channels, we appear to have another slip. According to an article in B&C, the Smithsonian Channel HD will launch this Wednesday on DirecTV. It's totally possible that they'd be ready by then when you consider they did a 3 hour test in the early hours of Sunday morning, but at this point we'll believe it when we see it. As for the channel itself, they say they're launching with 75 hours of HD content. Is it just us, or does this not seem like that much, especially considering there are 168 hours in a week? Who knows what they're going to show the rest of the week, or perhaps they'll just show the same 75 hours over and over again till they bring the number up to 100 by the end of year.
