V. Barbarino Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 That's the word around the camp fire..DIRECTV: 20-40 New HD Channels Likely By Sept. 16The satcaster should have 70 new HD channels by the end of September.By SwanniWashington, D.C. (August 29, 2007) -- DIRECTV told TVPredictions.com tonight that it will likely add from 20 to 40 new High-Definition channels by Sunday, September 16.That date coincides with the 59th Annual Emmy Awards and DIRECTV has scheduled a post-awards party that night in Los Angeles to promote its new high-def lineup.Asked tonight if the HDTV expansion will have taken place by the Emmy party, Eric Shanks, DIRECTV's executive vice president of entertainment, said "it will be real close" to that date.DIRECTV launched a new satellite in July to expand its High-Definition capacity to 100 channels by year's end. (The satcaster plans to launch another satellite to increase the capacity to 150 HD channels next year.)In an interview with TVPredictions.com, Shanks said DIRECTV will have added 70 new high-def channels by the end of the third quarter, which ends at the end of September. He said it will have the 100 HDTV channels by year's end.Shanks added that DIRECTV will add a minimum of 20 new HD channels on the first day of the expansion."It will be more in the 40 range if all goes well," he said. "It's still fluid so we can't say for sure."NFL NETWORK IN HD!!! WOOT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramon Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 Here's the channel lineup supposed to hit your dish 9/16. 1. A&E 2. Animal Planet 3. Big Ten Network 4. CNN 5. Discovery 6. Food Network* 7. HGTV* 8. History Channel 9. MHD (MTV brand channel) 10. National Geographic 11. NFL Network 12. The Science Channel 13. TBS 14. TLC 15. Versus 16. Weather Channel 17. Cinemax-E 18. Cinemax-W 19. MoreMax 20. HBO-W 21. HBO2-E 22. HBO2-W 23. HBO Family-E 24. HBO Family-W 25. HBO Signature 26. The Movie Channel 27. SHO-W 28. STARZ-E 29. STARZ-W 30. STARZ-Edge 31. STARZ-Comedy 32. STARZ-Kids Late Fall 2007 33. Bravo 34. Cartoon Network 35. Chiller 36. CNBC 37. FX 38. SciFi Channel 39. Sleuth 40. Speed 41. USA Network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 Some of those are East and West so it doesn't really mean 40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramon Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 Some of those are East and West so it doesn't really mean 40. There's seriously not that much HD content out there.They could've picked up WealthTV HD or Universal HD though MHD is wicked though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slamminshaun Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 I just got my recording tonight from Direct TV asking me to press 1 if I have the converter in the back of my box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 Yeah, a lot of HD is upconverted, recycled crapola. Does MHD actually play music videos? And if so, is it your typical tripe? Or worse, i.e. hipster content in HD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramon Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 Yeah, a lot of HD is upconverted, recycled crapola. Does MHD actually play music videos? And if so, is it your typical tripe? Or worse, i.e. hipster content in HD? they do some music videos mostly live performances and concerts today for example they had a chuck berry special and red hot chilli peppers live in milanwww.mhd.tv for their programming.vh1 hip hop honors in HD is fuckin-in-sane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 Well, before long that will change. HD content right now tends to be more of a documentary or cinematic nature, since it's still largely a niche market, surging sales to the contrary. Before long, they'll switch MHD to normal MTV, and we'll see the glory of Road Rules, The Hills, and the occasional hip-hop video and bullshit faux-rock a la The Killers in HD. Though increasing bandwidth both terrestrial and satellite based could render my complaints moot (hopefully) since everything will be easily accessible in HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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