Alana Davis, a Comcast spokeswoman, says the high-def edition of the news channel will be officially launched on Comcast's system in Nashville on August 10.
However, the cable operator is expected to add it to "several markets" at a time to be determined later, Davis told TVPredictions.com. (Some markets may have already gotten it, according to some TVPredictions.com readers.)
Megyn Kelly of Fox News.
Fox launched the HD simulcast of the channel on May 1, but has found difficulty landing slots in cable and satellite lineups. DIRECTV, for instance, has yet to add the HD version of the Fox News Channel. Time Warner Cable has added the channel.
CNN, which launched a high-def simulcast last year, has been added to several cable and satellite lineups, including DIRECTV, Time Warner and Comcast.
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