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KABC-TV News Goes High-Def
The Los Angeles ABC affiliate joins a growing list of local HD news operations.
By Phillip Swann

Washington, D.C. (February 5, 2006) -- KABC-TV, the ABC affiliate in Los Angeles, began broadcasting its Eyewitness News programs in high-def on Saturday.

Bill Burton, a station spokesman, told TVPredictions.com that the studio cameras would be all HDTV while the field reports would be 16 x 9 widescreen.
In addition, Burton said, the station will use two high-def remote cameras for weather and traffic reports throughout Southern California. KABC-TV also has installed high-def cameras in station news helicopters.

TVPredictions.com first reported last month that KABC was preparing to produce the news in HDTV.  There are now approximately 12 local stations in the U.S. that are broadcasting the news in high-def, including WUSA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.

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