MHD Sings A New Tune
MTV Networks' MHD high-definition music channel will change its tune as it looks to establish itself as an HD music destination with new concert footage and rock movies. MTVN will rename the 12 million-subscriber service Palladia beginning Sept. 1, according to Tom Calderone, VH1's executive vice president and general manager, who also oversees the two-and-a-half-year-old MHD. Calderone said the new name reflects the network's move toward more music-video and concert footage. For more...

MGM Hopes To 'Impact' VOD Space
Comcast and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer last week launched “Impact,” a new video-on-demand channel of action programming. Many of the movies and TV shows on the channel will be available in high-definition. For more...

Starz Eyes Encore HD Deals
Encore HD is looking for some encores. The enhanced simulcast version of the channel had its first launch on Dish Network on Aug. 1. Encore HD, which became available July 15, has also been rolled out on Insight Communications systems serving the Bowling Green, Ky., market. For more...

Bresnan Launches Outdoor HD
Outdoor Channel has secured a high-definition launch with Bresnan Communications. Outdoor which recently converted its HD offering to a simulcast format, is now available to Bresnan’s customers in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. Deal terms were not disclosed. For more...

BTN Ready For '08 Season
Big Ten Network's carriage deal with Comcast went live this month. The main reason for the lengthy negotiations with the MSO was hammering out the video-on-demand, high-definition and new-media portions of the deal. In fact, BTN is producing an HD VOD highlights package for Comcast under the pact. For more...

Cranking Up The HD Heat
The high-definition arms race continues to escalate, with aggressive lineup expansions unveiled by Dish Network, DirecTV and Verizon Communications’s FiOS TV. For more...

Cable Needs To Tout Its Best HD Offers: Panel
Independent cable operators were told they need to be savvier about how they market HD to consumers, stressing that they offer the same core HD channels as their satellite and telco rivals. For more...

Time Warner, FiOS Demand SiTV HD Fare
SiTV is making select high-definition programming available to the on-demand packages offered by Time Warner Cable and Verizon’s FiOS TV. For more...

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