HD channel expansion roundup

by Darren Murph posted Feb 28th 2009 at 3:26PM

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 - Prime Time Communications Brings Digital Triple Play to Utah
Read - Suddenlink adds 2 local HD channels
Read - Actiontec Announces VDSL2 Field Trials With Major North American Carriers
Read - DirecTV adds a few local HD channels
Read - Comcast Brings In Spanish Programs From Central, South America For U.S. Viewers
AT&T adds five new channels in HD to U-verse TV [Thanks, Sean]
FOX converts DC, Dallas and Orlando news stations to HD [Thanks, Eric]

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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ack154 @ Feb 28th 2009 5:50PM

And TWC in Elmira-Corning has finally... FINALLY added ABC HD.

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Suspectt @ Feb 28th 2009 5:57PM

What are the new HD channels for Uverse and do they cover all markets ?

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Bradlyj @ Feb 28th 2009 6:23PM

They added ESPNews HD, ESPN U HD, ABC Family HD, Disney HD, and Disney XD HD. I'm pretty sure they were released nationwide, but I might be mistaken. The new channels went live this past Thursday.

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eric f. @ Mar 2nd 2009 9:20AM

I just discovered that TWCNYC added SCIFIHD, USAHD, FXHD!

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