Eyedox
02-10-03, 08:57 PM
Discovery HD Theater had been picked up by EchoStar's Dish Network, Charter Communications and Cox Communications, which owns a stake in Discovery. Charter offers HD Theater for $4.99 in the 19 markets where it provides HDTV service. Charter is also starting a new HD tier made up of HDNet, HDNet Movies and Discovery HD Theater for $9.99 a month. Cox offers HD Theater in three markets (Dallas, Las Vegas and Fairfax, Va.) for $5 to $6.99 a month. Shrewsbury Community Cablevision, a municipally run service in Massachusetts, also signed up in November.
The service was also launched by AT&T Broadband in Chicago, now part of Comcast. A Comcast spokesperson confirmed that the company is in talks with Discovery (and other programmers) about expanding its HD lineup.
Discovery is also in talks with Time Warner Cable, according to a TWC website, and last month published reports said a deal with DirecTV was imminent. Discovery execs declined to comment.
The service was also launched by AT&T Broadband in Chicago, now part of Comcast. A Comcast spokesperson confirmed that the company is in talks with Discovery (and other programmers) about expanding its HD lineup.
Discovery is also in talks with Time Warner Cable, according to a TWC website, and last month published reports said a deal with DirecTV was imminent. Discovery execs declined to comment.