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Enhanced Service Launches In New York, San Antonio May 1
By Mike Reynolds -- Multichannel News, 4/29/2008 2:08:00 PM
Fox News Channel will get its first high-definition launch Thursday on Time Warner Cable in the New York metro area and Texas.
The service, an enhanced version of the cable-news sector’s leader’s standard-definition signal, will also include added content on the screen in the form of an “HD wing,” where viewers will be able to see a display of national and world headlines, the latest in the financial markets, weather updates and sports scores.
In time for the balance of its election season coverage, Fox News HD will make its bow on Time Warner Cable of New York, launching May 1 on the No. 2 cable operator’s systems serving the New York City boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island, where it will be positioned as channel 744.
It will also debut Thursday on Time Warner systems in the Hudson Valley at channel 762.
The operator’s subscribers will be able to find Fox News Channel HD at channel 152 in the San Antonio market.
“We look forward to Fox News HD further enhancing the overall viewing experience of the number one cable news channel by delivering content through state-of-the-art technology,” said Fox News vice president of affiliate Tim Carry in a statement.
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News Analysis
Does DIRECTV Have Room For Fox News Channel HD?
The high-def channel will launch tomorrow.
By Swanni
Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2008) -- Fox News Channel will launch a HD simulcast channel tomorrow and it would seem that DIRECTV would be a top candidate to carry it.
Afterall, the satcaster's former corporate parent, News Corp., owns the Fox News Channel and a DIRECTV official privately told TVPredictions.com last year that the company would carry Fox News Channel HD when it launched.
However, in yesterday's announcement from Fox, the network said Time Warner Cable would carry the new high-def channel in parts of New York and Texas.
There was no mention of DIRECTV. Zero. Zilch. (There was also no other TV provider mentioned.)
So, what gives?
Well, things have changed since last year when DIRECTV was rolling out dozens of new national HD channels, eventually bringing its total to 95. Despite boasts of having more HD capacity than cable, DIRECTV is now running out of satellite space.
That's why the satcaster has added just a handful of new HD channels this year -- and it's why it's careful not to discuss adding more channels until a new satellite is operational this fall.
The capacity problem was dramatized earlier this year when DIRECTV and Crown Media Holdings, the parent company of the Hallmark Movie Channel, announced that the satcaster had secured the rights to carry the new high-def version of the movie channel.
However, although Hallmark Movie Channel HD launched on April 2, DIRECTV has yet to add it.
So, as much as DIRECTV would like to add Fox News Channel HD, it would not be surprising if the channel is missing from the satcaster's high-def lineup for some time to come.
Final note: DIRECTV last year made several pre-launch announcements for new HD channels. But this year, the company has been mum about new channels until they are actually launched.
I would expect to see it on DTV in August.
Their new satellite is in orbit and beign tested, expected to come on line in August.
Their current satellites are running at capacity.
I expect a lot of new HD from them then.
I would expect to see it on DTV in August.
Their new satellite is in orbit and beign tested, expected to come on line in August.
Their current satellites are running at capacity.
I expect a lot of new HD from them then.
I've actually been watching CNN more because it's in HD on DTV. The Fox picture quality has been pretty bad at times and when you're used to a great picture, it's hard to watch.
I've actually been watching CNN more because it's in HD on DTV. The Fox picture quality has been pretty bad at times and when you're used to a great picture, it's hard to watch.
Thanks for the info O.
I know, I find it hard to watch anything else but CNN sinply because if the picture quality.
I would expect to see MSNBC finally switch over to HD in the fall too.
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