Dish Network Adds Local HD In 4 Cities
Satcaster now offers local high-def channels
By Swanni
The new HD cities are: Austin, Texas, Flint, Michigan, Orlando, Florida and West Palm Beach, Florida.
With the additions, Dish now provides HD locals in 39 markets, which represents more than 54 percent of U.S. television households.
"We announced earlier this year that we would reach our goal of 100 local HD markets...by the end of 2008, and over the next two months we will continue toward this goal by increasing our local HD offerings by more than 60 percent," said Eric Sahl, senior vice president of programming for Dish Network.
Dish Network, which now has 76 national HD channels, also plans to offer 100 national HD channels by year's end. However, the satcaster's first of three satellites to expand its HD capacity has failed to reach its orbit.
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