Dish Adds CNN HD
The cable news network switched to high-def last fall.
By Swanni
The addition gives the satcaster a total of 77 national HD channels. Dish has promised to offer 100 national high-def networks by year's end.
CNN HD was added on Wednesday at channels 200 and 9436. Dish yesterday did not issue a press release announcing the addition and the satcaster did not return phone calls and e-mails asking for comment.
Dish has also not commented yet on last week's news that a new satellite it planned to use to increase its high-def capacity has been declared a failure. The satcaster has said previously, though, that it has two more satellite launches scheduled in 2008.
CNN HD offers a mix of standard-def and high-def programming. The cable news network, which launched the high-def simulcast last fall, has renovated its New York studios to accommodate HD productions there. However, some Washington, D.C.-based shows, such as The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer, are not in HD.
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