NHL Network Drops Puck On HD Simulcast

XM Radio’s Weekday Show ‘NHL Live’ Will Appear On Net In Enhanced Format

By Multi Channel News Staff -- Multichannel News, 3/17/2008 5:22:00 AM

The NHL Network will simulcast XM’s NHL Live, making the hockey talk radio show the first satellite radio program to be telecast live and high-definition by a TV network.

NHL Network’s HD simulcast of the two-hour weekday show debuts Monday, March 17 at noon (ET).

Hosted by Don La Greca and E.J. Hradek, the program, which originates from the NHL/XM studio inside the NHL’s retail location in Manhattan, takes a comprehensive look at pro pucks via analysis and interviews with league players, coaches and executives.

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  I think that this is great for the network and will hopefully improve the attractiveness of the network to cable and satellite companies.

  
  

  
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