Archive for the 'HD Programming' Category

COMEDY CENTRAL Original One-Hour Stand-Up Special “T.J. Miller: No Real Reason” Debuting Saturday, November 12

T.J. Miller brings his live-wire delivery, irreverent characters and ridiculous notions to his first-ever COMEDY CENTRAL original one-hour stand-up special, “T.J. Miller: No Real Reason” debuting on Saturday, November 12 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. Named one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” and one of Entertainment Weekly’s “Next Big Things in Comedy,” Miller continues to [...]

ShortsHD Launches on DishHD Asia in Taiwan

ShortsHD, the world’s leading TV network dedicated exclusively to short movies, announced today that it is now available to Taiwanese audiences on DishHD Asia. Featuring the work of a variety of critically-acclaimed filmmakers and big name actors and actresses from around the world, ShortsHD further expands its universally-minded offerings with its launch in Taiwan on [...]

Kim Voet Promoted As The News Director of WDIV-TV Local 4 News

WDIV-TV has promoted Kim Voet to the position of News Director of WDIV Local 4 News.  Voet, a 14-year veteran of the WDIV newsroom, has held the positions of Local 4 News Producer, Executive Producer of Local 4 News at 11pm, Special Projects Executive Producer, Senior Executive Producer, and most recently, the position of Assistant [...]

AT&T U-verse TV and Starz Entertainment Expand Affiliation Deal

AT&T and Starz Entertainment, LLC have announced that the companies recently extended and expanded the AT&T U-verse TV affiliation agreement for Starz Entertainment’s premium channels, HD, and on-demand services. AT&T U-verse also acquired the authenticated online rights to deliver the Starz Online and Encore Online services for its premium subscribers. As part of the agreement, [...]

2010 NFL ON FOX Scores Ratings Record For Second Season

The 2010 NFL ON FOX regular season goes down in the record books as the most-watched in FOX history based on ratings released by Nielsen Media Research, and for the third consecutive year FOX Sports holds the distinction of being home to the No. 1 television program in the country and the NFL’s top pregame [...]

Planar unveiled its New Runco 3Dimension Series projectors

Planar Systems unveiled its new Runco 3Dimension Series projectors. Integrating 3D visualization technology that is based on the science of how the human eye and brain process actual depth and dimension in real life, Runco has created a flawless stereoscopic video reproduction that is unlike anything else in the home or private cinema market. Runco’s [...]

Verizon and Motorola Partners To Offer Consumers ‘Ultimate Game Day Access’ Sweepstakes

Verizon and Motorola partners to offer consumers a chance to win tickets to one of 10 NFL regular-season games as well as an all- expenses-paid trip to Super Bowl XLV, with the Ultimate Game Day Access sweepstakes. Fans can now enter the contest online at www.motorola.com/ultimategamedayaccess where they will be asked to select one NFL [...]

Verizon FiOS TV Use Chyron Technology To Deliver First 3D NFL Football Game

Verizon delivered the first ever 3D broadcast featuring the New York Giants vs. The New England Patriots on September 2 of an NFL preseason game on television. Verizon FiOS1 delivered the game using Chyron’s HyperX3 technology to literally bring the game to life exclusively for FiOS TV customers. Chyron’s revolutionary on-air graphics are the backbone [...]

PBS Arts Launches A New Website ‘PBS.org’

PBS has launched a new website PBS Arts offering Americans the opportunity to experience the arts and explore the creative process through special virtual exhibits, videos from PBS national and local programs and interactive features. PBS Arts website www.pbs.org/arts is part of PBS’ ongoing commitment to strengthen public engagement in all forms of artistic expression [...]

Dish Network Drops Four Disney HD Channels

Dish Network has dropped four Walt Disney Company owned high-definition channels in fee dispute. The HD channels that are removed from its HD programming lineup are: ABC Family HD Disney Channel HD Disney XD HD and ESPNews HD The satcaster is still offering the standard definition channels. Dish Network has stated that Disney is seeking [...]