Oprah Winfrey gets her own channel, will simulcast in HD

by Darren Murph, posted Jan 15th 2008 at 5:53PM

If you thought Oprah Winfrey was big time currently, get a load of this. Starting sometime in 2009, the talk show superstar will launch her own network, which will unsurprisingly be dubbed The Oprah Winfrey Network. Apparently, Discovery will be handing over its Discovery Health channel "to be rebranded as OWN" and simulcast in high-definition, and seeing that the joint venture will be evenly split between Discovery and Harpo, no cash will be involved. Wondering what kind of content to expect? Look for programming aimed at inspiring, entertaining and empowering viewers -- whatever that means.

[Via USAToday]

Filed under: Industry, Discovery-HD, Cable, Internet, New content

Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, Discovery, Discovery health, DiscoveryHealth, harpo, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network, OprahWinfrey, OprahWinfreyNetwork

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Prey521 @ Jan 15th 2008 6:36PM

Pity reply

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Marrvia @ Jan 15th 2008 6:54PM

I never thought there would be a channel that I DIDN'T want in HD until now. Who the hell wants to see Oprah in HD? What a nightmare!

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The1 @ Jan 16th 2008 9:13AM

Why HATE!!!!!! I bet no one wants to see you. JACKAZZZZZZ

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404error @ Jan 15th 2008 6:59PM

OWN'd

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Toadlet @ Jan 15th 2008 7:02PM

Oprah's going to eat the Discovery Health channel?

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Docc Occ @ Jan 15th 2008 8:27PM

Respect her gangster. She sold the other channel she owned for $925 million & acquired a BASIC cable channel for a website 3 months later. THAT'S GANGSTER.

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JeffDM @ Jan 15th 2008 9:36PM

I did think she already had a channel, but I can't find any references to it.

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HDpurist @ Jan 16th 2008 12:00AM

Oprah is known to be a huge blu-ray supporter and fanatic of HD content.

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HDpurist @ Jan 16th 2008 12:00AM

Oprah is known to be a huge blu-ray supporter and fanatic of HD content.

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eric @ Jan 16th 2008 11:11AM

off topic, troll boy... oprah having an HDTV channel has nothing to do with Blu-ray... This should be good for housewives/househusbands... Maybe it can even be good for working people if they give her on demand content on cable.

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MrrarAibyouka @ Jan 16th 2008 12:45AM

Seriously, why do men (a species to which I belong), especially geeky ones, hate Oprah?

Let's see, she's a female minority Billionaire who is known as one of the most prolific philanthropists. That means she calls out to Libertarians (who surely must appreciate her business savvy) and socialists (who appreciate her obvious willingness to, you know, give).

So, what's the deal? I'm just curious, why do people 'hate' Oprah? Is it just because it's the "in thing" to do? Or is it because she's feminine, or empowers women, or.. or what?

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Bob S. @ Jan 16th 2008 1:44AM

Probably because her show is awful and appeals to annoying fat housewives who need some fat bitch to tell them how to think.

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Jean @ Jan 16th 2008 6:39AM

My wife is going to be pissed. She loves the Discovery Health channel.

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Harry DeBusk @ Jan 16th 2008 9:57AM

@ BobS: Yup. That's right.

Too bad; I like Discovery Health and think it serves an educational purpose. Oprah is nothing but a cleaned-up version of Springer - same salacious content, but without the boob-flashing. Oh, and they have that moron Dr. Phil.

A shame.

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electramclellan @ Feb 14th 2008 7:30PM

we have just got hd in australia i think opera is great and she great for th e unsettle mind opera you are inspiration to me and and i can't get enough of you and your side kick gail and i just know you will be apart of a globle peace for humamnity

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