Travel Journeys to HD
The high-definition version of Travel Channel officially launched this week with Cox and RCN distribution pacts and offering cable affiliates video-on-demand premieres of new shows. Cox and RCN will have the ability to offer VOD premieres of a new show, "Michael Palin’s New Europe," a week before it airs on Travel Channel and Travel Channel HD, in February. For more...

WWE Pins Down High Def
World Wrestling Entertainment will finally showcase all of its elbow smashes, body slams and pins in high definition beginning with the Jan. 21 episode of USA Network’s Monday Night Raw series. Along with its original cable and broadcast series – USA’s Monday Night Raw and A.M. Raw; Sci Fi Channel’s ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling and The CW’s Friday Night SmackDown – the WWE will also deliver in HD all of its pay-per-view shows beginning with the Jan. 27 Royal Rumble event. For more...

Comcast Promises 1,000 ‘Choices’
Comcast is reinforcing its video-on-demand strategy with plans to stock substantially more high-definition "choices" for customers in the coming year, as it tries to counter DirecTV's marketing focused on a 100-plus HD linear channel count. The cable operator has set a target of providing more than 1,000 HD choices, which include linear channels and video-on-demand TV shows and movies, by the end of 2008. For more... For more...

Dish Maps Ramp-Up Plans
Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen explained his company’s HDTV ramp-up and clarified what turns about to be a very limited price “freeze” by the satellite TV provider, during a press conference at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show. Ergen said that Dish Network plans to launch a satellite each quarter this year, with three of those for domestic use to help facilitate an expansion to 100 national HDTV channels from 76 now. For more...

Speed Races To HD Format
The Speed network will make its much-anticipated HD debut Feb. 7, as part of its 100 hours of Speedweeks coverage at Daytona, besting its previous record of 75 hours. For more...

Animal Makes ‘Puppy’ Plans
Animal Planet is once again banking on video clips of cute puppies and kittens to hook viewers during half time of the NFL Super Bowl, scheduling its fourth annual Puppy Bowl Feb. 3. This year’s contest, Puppy Bowl IV, will be offered in HDTV for the first time, Animal Planet said. For more...

Voom Gets 'Madden'
Gameplay HD, Voom’s high-definition channel devoted to the world of video gaming, has created a new TV series capturing the action from competitive tournaments built around Electronic Arts’ popular Madden NFL Football game. Gameplay HD will kick off a seven-part series on Feb. 2, the day before Super Bowl XLII. For more...

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