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03-13-07, 03:13 PM
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Go Canes!
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Disney To Launch HD Networks on DirecTV
Take that Time Warner, LOL!
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Originally Posted by BroadcastingCable
Disney announced that it will launch high-definition versions of four of its cable networks on DirecTV's satellite service by early 2008.
The announcements of the new ABC Family HD, Disney Channel HD, ESPNEWS HD and Toon Disney HD services come in the wake of DirecTV's plan to provide over 100 channels of HD programming this year, which it first unveiled at the CES show in January.
ESPNEWS HD, available in early 2008, will be a 24-hour simulcast of ESPNEWS that will broadcast from a new HD studio in ESPN's digital newsroom in Bristol, Ct. that is currently under construction
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http://www.broadcastingcable.com/art...=Breaking+News
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03-13-07, 03:34 PM
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Nice additions!! Wish Disney would add an ESPNU HD channel as well, though.
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03-13-07, 03:35 PM
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Kick ass!! The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine in HD. My 2 year old son will be very happy.
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03-13-07, 04:09 PM
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MPEG-2 or MPEG-4? Probably not known yet, but curious.
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03-13-07, 04:13 PM
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MPEG-2 or MPEG-4? Probably not known yet, but curious.
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MPEG-4. The channels will be carried on one of the new satellites DirecTV 10 and 11 due to launch later this year. |
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03-13-07, 04:32 PM
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And folks wondered where the content was coming from. Give them somewhere to put the HD and HD will come.
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03-13-07, 04:33 PM
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I can't wait. ESPNEWS is one of the main channels that I want in HD.
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03-13-07, 04:36 PM
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This is good news; but its like a tease since the beginning of 2008 is almost a year away. However, I'll take whatever HD they beam to me.
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03-13-07, 04:39 PM
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MPEG-2 or MPEG-4? Probably not known yet, but curious.
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MPEG4 of course. There ain't no room on the old sats.
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03-13-07, 04:46 PM
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Cool. Kyle XY in HD next year! Its the only thing I watch on any the new HD Disney company channels ...
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03-13-07, 04:51 PM
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Let the HD channels roll
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03-13-07, 05:19 PM
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Let the HD channels roll
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Or if it doesn't work:
Let the HeaDs roll
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03-13-07, 07:37 PM
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Kick ass!! The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine in HD. My 2 year old son will be very happy.
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Hate to break it to you but Thomas is on PBS Kids Sprout not Disney. My 2 1/2 year old is obsessed with Thomas too.
Also for the thread one of my friends is a director of affiliate sales for ESPN so I'll see what if I could grab from him on this and post it.
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03-13-07, 10:24 PM
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Even more incentive to get HD! Convincing my husband to spend that much on the TV ...well, that might need some work. 
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03-14-07, 06:54 AM
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I'd like to see a sticky here that lists all of the known HD channels that are coming to D* plus the ones we already get. That way we would know what kind of progress has been made towards the 100 channels. I know a poster here had something like that but I haven't the post in a while plus I don't know if he has updated it with the new stuff.
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03-14-07, 08:05 AM
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Convincing my husband to spend that much on the TV ...well, that might need some work. |
I always thought it was the wife that needed convincing!! It was in this house anyway. But now the wife is hooked and I'm sure all our future TV's will be HD.
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03-14-07, 08:27 AM
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03-14-07, 08:31 AM
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Power Rangers in HD, my kid is going to love that
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03-14-07, 08:45 AM
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I'd like to see a sticky here that lists all of the known HD channels that are coming to D* plus the ones we already get. That way we would know what kind of progress has been made towards the 100 channels. I know a poster here had something like that but I haven't the post in a while plus I don't know if he has updated it with the new stuff.
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I believe yesterday at Directv Revolution in Dallas they announced they had 70 signed contracts for HD channels as soon as they have a satellite to put them on.  |
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03-14-07, 08:50 AM
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I believe yesterday at Directv Revolution in Dallas they announced they had 70 signed contracts for HD channels as soon as they have a satellite to put them on. |
But are those 70 up and running yet? The Weather Channel and CNN have signed contracts but won't be ready until fall. |
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03-14-07, 10:41 AM
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Even more incentive to get HD! Convincing my husband to spend that much on the TV ...well, that might need some work. |
Convincing your husband? 
Usually it's the wives that need convincing. I know mine did. 
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Even more incentive to get HD! Convincing my husband to spend that much on the TV ...well, that might need some work. |
Wait did you just say that you have to convince your husband to spend that much on a TV? Talk about a role reversal!
I think this is a great step in the right direction. I don't really watch much of those networks but it covers a wide variety of people so that's good!
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But are those 70 up and running yet? The Weather Channel and CNN have signed contracts but won't be ready until fall.
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03-14-07, 06:13 PM
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Fall is when D* expects to have it's first satellite released to them for use. Launch will be early summer with 6-8 weeks for testing so maybe Sept. |
Maybe even September 5th?
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Kick ass!! The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine in HD. My 2 year old son will be very happy.
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I can concur with that!!
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