DIRECTV: More HD Channels This Week?
Online guide listings show new additions.
By Swanni
But when will the satcaster add more high-def channels?
DIRECTV has said it will provide 70 HD channels by the end of October, adding this month such networks as Bravo HD, Fox Business Channel HD, Cinemax HD, Food Network HD, NBA TV HD and Sci-Fi HD among others.
However, there are some signs that the satcaster will add more HD channels sooner than later. For instance, Zap2It.com, which offers online TV listings, is already showing MHD in DIRECTV's listings.
MHD is the high-def network for MTV Networks.
In addition, Zap2It.com lists the National Geographic Channel as being in high-def on DIRECTV.
Like most TV listings services, Zap2It.com gets its listings a few weeks in advance from the TV provider. The inclusion of MHD, and possibly National Geographic HD, in its current DIRECTV listings might suggest that the satcaster will add those channels soon, perhaps as early as this week.
Eric Shanks, DIRECTV's executive vice president of entertainment, told TVPredictions.com in August that DIRECTV would likely add a "few channels here and a few channels there" after its initial rollout until it reached the 70 mark.
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