Dish Network grew its HD national footprint with the launch of nearly two dozen mostly national channels this week (rolling out May 12-14). Dish also added local HD services of broadcast stations in Hartford-New Haven, Conn. (DMA no. 29), and Portland–Auburn, Maine (DMA no. 76).
The DBS firm said it continues to be on track for its long-term plans to reach a goal of 100 local HD markets and 100 national HD channels by New Year’s Eve 2008. (It now offers local HD stations in 57 markets, reaching about two-thirds of all American TV households.)
The new national (and a few regional) Dish channels include:
- ABC Family HD (Ch. 180)
- Biography HD (Ch. 119)
- Bravo HD (Ch. 129)
- Cartoon HD (Ch. 176)
- Cinemax 5 Star (Ch. 381)
- Cinemax HD West (Ch. 380)
- Comcast Sports Network Bay Area HD (Ch. 419)
- Comcast Sports Network New England HD (Ch. 435)
- CNBC HD (Ch. 208)
- CNN HD (Ch. 200)
- Disney HD East (Ch. 172)
- ESPNews HD (Ch. 142)
- Hallmark Movie Channel HD (Ch. 187)
- MGM HD (Ch. 385)
- Sci Fi HD (Ch. 122)
- Smithsonian HD (Ch. 374)
- Tennis Channel HD (Ch. 400)
- Toon Disney HD (Ch. 174)
- Travel Channel HD (Ch. 215)
- USA HD (Ch. 105)
- Weather Channel HD (Ch. 214)
- World Fishing Network HD (Ch. 396)
