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DirecTV Fulfills Promise, Adds 21 New HD Channels
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 at 4:00 PM - by John Martellaro
As predicted, DirectTV announced 21 new HD channels on Wednesday. Some are premium channels such as Showtime, but the list also includes channels such as A&E, Animal Planet, Discovery and Versus.
The list of new HD channels announced on Wednesday is:
- A&E HD (channel 265)
- Animal Planet HD (channel 282)
- Big Ten Network HD (channel 220)
- CNN HD (channel 202)
- Discovery Channel HD (channel 278)
- The History Channel (channel 269)
- The Learning Channel (channel 280)
- The Movie Channel (channel 544)
- NFL Network HD (channel 212)
- The Science Channel HD (channel 284)
- Showtime Too HD (channel 538)
- Showtime West HD (channel 540)
- Smithsonian Channel HD (channel 267)
- Starz Comedy HD (channel 519)
- Starz Edge HD (channel 522)
- Starz HD East (channel 520)
- Starz HD West (channel 521)
- Starz Kids (channel 518)
- TBS HD (channel 247)
- The Weather Channel HD (channel 362)
- Versus/Golf Channel (channel 604)
There’s more to come. DirecTV announced that in October, they also expect to add Bravo, CNBC HD, Fox Business, FX, SciFi HD, USA HD and more, to bring the total to 70. Others like Spike and MTV HD are expected by the end of the year and DirecTV expects to have "up to" 100 HD channels by then.
A complete list of current and planned HD channels is available at DirecTV.com
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