Monthly Archives: January, 2008
DIRECTV’s New HD Satellite to Launch In March
Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2008) -- DIRECTV 11, the satcaster's new satellite for High-Definition TV, is scheduled for launch in March.
The Boeing Company yesterday...
Report: Confusion Reigns About Digital TV Conversion
With little more than a year remaining before television broadcasters switch from analog to digital transmissions, a new study found that 74% of consumers...
Playstation 80GB discontinued?
An Engadget article cites a source who claims "the new bundles will take the high / low road, that the
40GB model will remain on...
HD decides where Super Bowl will be watched
Jeb Stuart - 2
A survey from Comcast says that HD will decide where and how football fans will watch the Super Bowl. The New England Patriots vs....
St. Louis CBS Station Switches to HD News
Mike Allen - 0
KMOV-TV, the CBS affiliate in St. Louis, today began broadcasting its local newscasts in High-Definition.
Known as channel 4 in St. Louis, the station made...
Looking to the HD Future
Home Media Magazine writes, "Studio executives are looking at 2008 with guarded optimism. The high-definition disc format war may be nearing its end, given...
The Weather Channel moves toward native HD in 2008
Jeff Chabot - 0
The Weather Channel is well on its way to the launch of its first HD studio programs, Your Weather Today and Evening Edition, on...
MGM secures HD channel with Verizon FiOS
Jeb Stuart - 0
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) has secured carriage for its MGM HD Channel on Verizon's FiOS TV service, bringing feature film hits from the MGM...
The Truth About the Format War and HD DVD’s Demise
Most people have already declared Blu-ray to be the format war's victory and our recent talks with Toshiba and Universal seem to suggest that...
In a Blu-world, does the consumer win?
There is at least one great thing that has happened during the format war. It's that the competition drove down the price of high...
