Washington, D.C. (January 21, 2009) -- DIRECTV today added the new Comedy Central HD channel.
The new channel, a simulcast of its standard-def channel, launched earlier this month. Cablevision added it last week and Cox is expected to add it soon.
Comedy Central HD will offer roughly 200 hours of programming in true high-def, including episodes of South Park, which is expected to begin airing in HD in the first quarter of this year.
The network said The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will initially be upconverted for the high-def channel, but will switch to true HD in the future.
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The new channel, a simulcast of its standard-def channel, launched earlier this month. Cablevision added it last week and Cox is expected to add it soon.
Comedy Central HD will offer roughly 200 hours of programming in true high-def, including episodes of South Park, which is expected to begin airing in HD in the first quarter of this year.
The network said The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will initially be upconverted for the high-def channel, but will switch to true HD in the future.
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