Discovery Communications has announced that the Discovery HD Theater network will be extended to international markets. The network was started in 2002 and offers HDTV programming from Discovery networks including The Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. This announcement is a further indication that HDTV is becoming a

Discovery Communications Inc. has launched its Discovery HD Theater, a 24-hour HDTV network being distributed on HD platforms from EchoStar Communications Corp. through its DISH Network satellite TV service, AT&T Broadband's greater Chicago market and in other markets served by Charter Communciations Inc. and Cox Commu

This is how The New York Times recently described watching a sunrise in HD: "The rising sun is burning off the fog over Beluga Lake on a midsummer day in Homer, Alaska. A red-necked grebe ambles into her nest, and three chicks snuggle under her feathers. There is no sound except an occasional squawk or the distant h

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels--six tightly packed F/A-18 Hornet jets that execute precision movements at 8,000 feet, have been recorded on Canon lenses in HD for a four-part documentary that's airing this month on Discovery HD Theater. It will also air in SD on Discovery's new Military Channel. Henninger Productions

In an effort to help promote HDTV to consumers, 24-hour HD network Discovery HD Theater and Circuit City stores have inked a cross-promotional agreement that puts Discovery HD Theater into more than 600 Circuit City stores and includes advertising for Circuit City on the network. Additionally, Circuit City ads will run