Dish Network Adds Sci-Fi, USA HD
The satcaster now has 79 national high-def channels.
By Swanni
Rumors have circulated for weeks that the satcaster was about to add the two channels. With today's additions, Dish now has 79 national HD channels.
Dish's high-def expansion plans suffered a setback this month when a satellite it planned to use to increase its HD capacity was declared a failure.
But Dish said yesterday in a regulatory filing that it's still "on track" to offer 100 national HD channels by year's end, which it promised in January.
Dish said there are still two more satellite launches scheduled this year which will give it the capacity for additional national and local channels.
The satellite service added CNN HD earlier in the week.
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