The satcaster now offers just one HBO-branded channel in high-def -- HBO East. However, DIRECTV is scheduled to expand its HD lineup this September after the launch of a new satellite in July.
With the additional capacity, DIRECTV in September will begin to add dozens of new high-def channels, including the following HBO/Cinemax channels:
HBO West
HBO2 West
HBO2 East
HBO Family East
HBO Family West
HBO Latino
HBO Signature
Cinemax East
Cinemax West
MoreMax
DIRECTV will begin to add the HBO/Cinemax HD channels in September with all of them likely to be launched by year's end.
Several of the HBO/Cinemax-branded channels are now not broadcasting in high-def. But HBO announced today that it will make all 26 HBO and Cinemax feeds available in High-Definition.
The network said it will begin rolling out the additional high-def feeds later this year with all 26 completed by the end of the second quarter of 2008.
DIRECTV spokesman Robert Mercer said today that the satcaster plans "to duplicate all the (HBO/Cinemax) SD feeds we currently carry in HD." But he would not comment further.
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