/ 09.24.2009 12:00AM
“World News Now” Goes Hi-Def
NEW YORK: ABC’s
overnight news program, “ABC World News Now has gone hi-def. The announcement
was fairly low-key--the only indication of the HD launch came from news anchors
Jeremy Hubbard and Vanita Nair in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. The show
becomes the first overnight program to go all-HD.
“World News Now,” launched in 1992, airs live in 20-minute segments from 2 to
3:30 a.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday. The show has become a staple among
the insomniac crowd, taking a more lighthearted approach to the news. No word
yet on whether its theme song, “The World News Polka” is available in 5.1.--
from TV Technology