Telemundo kicks off national HD broadcasts April 23
by Richard Lawler 
posted Apr 2nd 2009 at 10:34PM
Say hello to the first Spanish-language network offering HD at "both the local and network levels," we'll be checking out not only telenovelas in high definition, as Telemundo gets started with the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards April 23. Stats have shown a high rate of acceptance of HDTV within the Spanish speaking community, and Telemundo cited a survey indicating half of the respondents own an HDTV already. The first cities with HD on deck are Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Houston and Puerto Rico, with the rest falling in line over the next year. Univision, you're up.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ken @ Apr 2nd 2009 10:45PM
While not totally related, it will be of interest to some that Telemundo is based in Puerto Rico, it is not Mexican.
TEG @ Apr 2nd 2009 10:51PM
And is owned by NBC-Universal
HowardLive @ Apr 3rd 2009 12:14PM
Let's hope Telemundo HD isn't as mega-compressed as NBC HD is. The video during the Beijing Olympics looked wonderful... as long as nobody moved. :-\
andres coll @ Apr 3rd 2009 12:40PM
Good,
I wonder when woudl be the date all spanish and english channels will broadcasting 24/7 in HD 1080p
rendezvous65 @ Apr 4th 2009 1:30AM
Where I live we can get Azteca and Televisa in HD. Televisa and Azteca do produce shows in HD but they tend to flip the wrong switch and end up showing SD stretch-o-vision. When they do show HD it's great. However, they tend to have interference issues due to LA and some San Diego LP stations.
Randy @ Apr 3rd 2009 1:27PM
Damnit Univision, Hurry up! I wanna see Jackie Guerrido tell me the weather in HD. :-)
Brian Kaempen @ Apr 3rd 2009 2:31PM
The Chicago Telemmundo is the sister station of Chicago's NBC-WMAQ which went HD last year. Their two news desks are only separated by a couple small control and technical rooms, so Telemundo Chicago going HD probably isn't anything new for the people in that studio. Also, if you want to see what the Telemundo news desk looks like, go rent WeatherMan with Nicholas Cage as they filmed it in Chicago and used that very news desk for the movie.
-Brian
acme @ Apr 3rd 2009 2:58PM
about damn time, coño
Eddie @ Apr 6th 2009 9:26AM
ah....The fabulous a CITY of Puerto Rico. :?
GABRIEL @ Apr 23rd 2009 9:22PM
This is cool in a way. my parents like the novelas and i watch them also sometimes because of the hot girls, but now with HD it will be the best Spanish channel out there although no HD today on New York