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Bresnan Communications adds Outdoor Channel HD

by Darren Murph posted Aug 13th 2008 at 8:30AM

Bresnan Communications, the 13th largest cable operator in the US, has fittingly added Outdoor Channel HD to its lineup in Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. Given the areas in which it serves, it makes sense to offer up an outdoor-oriented station in high-def, which Randy Brown, senior vice president of affiliate sales and marketing, completely agrees with. Let us guess -- fishing will be the most watched sport.

Bresnan talks 50 HD channels by end of year

by Steven Kim posted Feb 25th 2008 at 1:40PM

Bresnan CommunicationsIn the linked interview, Bresnan Communications' VP of strategic engineering, Pragash Pillai, doubles the company's earlier HD channel plans for 2008, moving the mark up to 50. He also indicates that figure does not include the couple hundred hours of HD VOD (video on demand) that's also planned for the year. The tech plans detailed by Pillai are interesting: Besnan has about 96-percent of its systems at 750 MHz and above, and will be moving to 256 QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) to get the most out of its bandwidth. In the end, he expects 2.5 HD channels per 6 MHz QAM channel. Looking to 2009, he also expects to see rollout of MPEG4 to homes as necessary. This kind of long-term planning is encouraging to see, especially from a smaller player -- infrastructure improvements are costly, and only companies that see the HD future will be prepared to keep growing their offerings and feeding our appetite.

Bresnan adds eight HD channels + HD PPV

by Steven Kim posted Dec 5th 2007 at 12:07PM

Bresnan adds eight HD channels + HD PPVWhat is it with cable companies rolling out the new HD channels lately? Mind you, we're not complaining! Bresnan (Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Utah) is the latest cable company to show up to the party, and they've brought eight new channels: TMC, Food Network, HGTV, TBS, History Channel, USA Network, SciFi and Lifetime Movie. Oh yeah, they've added an HDPPV channel which includes GameHD and TeamHD also. Bresnan has also announced that their customers who pony up $10 per month for an advanced set-top box will get access to 25 HD channels by the end of 2008.




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