Poll: ESPNews HD is on the air, do you have it yet?

by Richard Lawler, posted Mar 30th 2008 at 11:03AM

As scheduled, ESPNews HD is broadcasting to approximately 3.2 million people, the question for today is if you're one of them. So let us know, do you have the channel, and in the comments note what provider and where you are. Comcast, DirecTV and Time Warner all have carriage agreements for the channel, if you don't have it yet don't forget to check ESPN2 HD at 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. today for the simulcast.

Filed under: ESPN-HD, Sports, New content

Tags: espn, espnews, espnews hd, EspnewsHd

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Neutral

Todd @ Mar 30th 2008 11:23AM

RCN NYC is nope :(

Neutral

Dayton Guy @ Mar 30th 2008 11:42AM

I saw it on ESPN this morning when they air the hour long version of ESPNEWS and it looks very nice in HD.

Neutral

Steve @ Mar 30th 2008 11:43AM

Checked and don't see it yet on Directv.

Neutral

Cosmotic @ Mar 30th 2008 11:44AM

Comcast Atlanta = no.

Neutral

TRU3L3GEND @ Mar 30th 2008 11:45AM

Houston Comcrap and nothing

Neutral

Ty @ Mar 30th 2008 11:48AM

Dallas area time warner = nothing

Lowest Ranked

temp1 @ Mar 30th 2008 11:56AM

What's ESPN??? Is it an American thing???

Neutral

Donald J. Lewis @ Mar 30th 2008 12:15PM

Wouldn't watch it if is was there, who knows maybe it is. Just more jusnk. Put it in with all the other 20-min ads flanked by 10-min of crunb content.

Neutral

Douglas Brace @ Mar 30th 2008 12:21PM

My Dish Network with dishHD Ultimate and America's Top 200 in Philadelphia doesn't get it

Neutral

molson3530 @ Mar 30th 2008 12:27PM

Nothing on Central PA Comcast

Neutral

Bradly @ Mar 30th 2008 12:29PM

Not available on Time Warner Cable - Northeast Wisconsin. We'll be lucky if we see it before the end of the year, really lucky.

Neutral

Bhargav Nutakki @ Mar 30th 2008 12:30PM

i get espnnews HD and i have DirecTV

Neutral

J Epstein @ Mar 30th 2008 1:27PM

you sure you did not see a simulcast on espn 2 hd?

Neutral

Patrick @ Mar 30th 2008 12:39PM

comcast salt lake city= no espnews hd. i was excited for this and contacted comcast to find out if it was going to be available. i talked to 3 different reps and all 3 said that it was currently available (this was last week!) i kept on having to explain to them that espnews is not the same as espnews hd! they did not understand and kept on trying to convince me that they are carrying a channel that at the time did not exist. incompetence.

Neutral

Tony @ Mar 30th 2008 12:40PM

No go yet on my Directv here.

Neutral

Big John @ Mar 30th 2008 1:15PM

I wish. It's going to be two years before I can have my own cable provider...

Neutral

Mike @ Mar 30th 2008 1:18PM

nothing on directv yet makes me a sad panda

Neutral

Jules Epstein @ Mar 30th 2008 1:20PM

nothing on directv as of now. what systems are carrying it if some folks say they have it

Neutral

HD @ Mar 30th 2008 1:32PM

I have it and it looks great: DirecTV Dallas area

Neutral

Big Sam @ Mar 30th 2008 11:13PM

Are you sure? I don't see it on DirecTV in Dallas yet.

Neutral

Jeremy W @ Mar 30th 2008 1:32PM

DirecTV will be launching it at 6am on April 2nd. On channel 207, obviously.

Neutral

Jules Epstein @ Mar 30th 2008 3:07PM

who provided the info re wed launch?

Neutral

Jeremy W @ Mar 30th 2008 3:47PM

A DirecTV employee who would know. Also launching on Wednesday are Disney Channel HD and Toon Disney HD. ABC Family HD was supposed to launch at the same time, but it has been delayed. I don't know why, nor for how long.

Neutral

eric @ Mar 30th 2008 1:48PM

still nothing on Comcast Atlanta.

This is kind of depressing.

Neutral

Jeff N. @ Mar 30th 2008 1:53PM

I have DirecTV and I don't have it. Yet!

Neutral

Gozer @ Mar 30th 2008 2:09PM

Verizon FiOs in White Plains, Westchester County, NY = NO. Suxxors!

Neutral

Doc @ Mar 30th 2008 2:21PM

Oklahoma city..cox communications= no go.

Neutral

Bluemanrule @ Mar 31st 2008 3:52PM

ditto....OKC, OK Cox Comm. No ESPNHD. Love the acronyms :)

Neutral

Bill @ Mar 30th 2008 2:34PM

A no here in Southern Ariz. Comcast

Neutral

PopWeaverHDTV @ Mar 30th 2008 4:10PM

No surprise, Charter Cable in Western NC doesn't have it in HD.

Neutral

icqpimp @ Mar 30th 2008 4:13PM

No channel for directv hd in philadelphia

Neutral

bugatti23007 @ Mar 30th 2008 4:31PM

I'm in Brooklyn,NY and I have Directv and its on channel 73 and not on 207.Now I have to try and remember that its on 73

Neutral

J Epstein @ Mar 30th 2008 6:58PM

I live in Queens and my channel 73 shows ESPN HD not ESPN News HD

Neutral

Jeremy W @ Mar 30th 2008 8:16PM

Channel 73 is the legacy channel number for ESPN HD. They simulcasted ESPNEWS HD earlier in the day. When ESPNEWS HD launches on Wednesday, it will be on 207. Why is this concept so hard to grasp?

Highest Ranked

Charles @ Mar 30th 2008 4:55PM

With Comcast? Ha! That's hopeful wishing!

Highly Ranked

Chris @ Mar 30th 2008 5:13PM

Columbus OH, TWC nothing. Our HD service sucks! only like 10 channels

Neutral

Sam @ Mar 30th 2008 5:38PM

No go on IO Digital Cable from cablevision...I'll expect it sometime before 2015.

Neutral

Michael @ Mar 30th 2008 6:10PM

I have Comcast and live in Bristol, Connecticut the same city where ESPN is broadcast from but oddly enough we dont have it you would think that we'd but the first but no

Neutral

Jeremy W @ Mar 30th 2008 8:17PM

Just string some fiber from the Digital Center into your living room, and you'll be getting the best picture outside of the control room!

Neutral

Bo @ Mar 30th 2008 6:26PM

Not in RCN Boston.

Neutral

Ryan @ Mar 30th 2008 6:29PM

Comcast SF Bay Area = No

Neutral

Todd @ Mar 30th 2008 7:06PM

this is the response i got from RCN customer support:

"We have not been given a definite ETA for when this channel will be available. We have however, been informed that by the end of the year. We will have a greater HD selection. Maybe filling out a channel request form will expedite this channel being added sooner."

now go flood their mailbox with HD requests!!

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