
Not quite two years after
we wondered when HDTV would ever make its way across the pond -- and not even two weeks since we found that barely
5-percent of European HDTV owners even
watch HD programming -- along comes news that yet another channel is slated to go high-def in Europe. And for what it's worth, we've all ideas this one will get some attention. Eurosport is getting set to launch an HD simulcast channel on May 25th, just in time for the start of the French Open-Roland Garros tennis Grand Slam. Additionally, viewers can count on seeing content from the Tour de France and the Beijing Olympics, and for folks stuck watching SD, at least that version will be morphing from 4:3 to 16:9. As of now, carriage agreements have been landed on "platforms in Israel, Turkey, Portugal and the Nordic countries, where
Canal Digital will deliver the channel."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Student Driver @ Mar 11th 2008 1:24AM
Please be rally! Please be rally!
Elisha Adeagbo @ Mar 11th 2008 2:30AM
Wtf?! That's on my birthday!
Kaveman @ Mar 11th 2008 7:38AM
Of course, just 'cos it's called EuroSport, that doesn't mean that those of us who actually enjoy *good* motorsport coverage in the USA wouldn't want it. Can someone *please* carry it verbatim over here? Stuff in your own localized ads (I'll skip over them on my TiVo anyway) but for Thor's sake, let us just watch what we want instead of having to Bittorrent everything.