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Rainbow Media to launch wedding themed channel in August

Following the popularity of their Rainbow's WE channel, Rainbow media is set to launch a new wedding themed channel.  The only cable provider so far slatted to carry this new channel is Cablevision.  No surprise there though considering Cablevision is the parent company for WE.

Rainbow Media, the programming arm of Cablevision, is set to launch a new wedding-themed cab

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Suddenlink to add 7 new HD channels

Suddenlink has announced it has added seven new high-definition channels to its cable TV lineup in Enid.     

Five of the channels — broadcast station KETA-HD PBS (700), Fox Sports Oklahoma HD (750), Travel HD (759), CNBC HD (760) and Bravo HD (761) — can be found on Suddenlink’s HD Broadcast and HD Basic tiers of service. They are available free to customers who lease the equipment required to enable HD viewing and subscribe to the standard definition feeds of these same channels on Suddenlink’s Expanded Basic service. Two other...

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HSN Home Shopping Network to go HD in August

Following the lead of QVC which went High-Def back in May, HSN is set to go HD in August this year.  Currently the only HD of HSN out there is an up-convert of the standard defintion version on Verizon FiOS.  However in August, HSN will go native 1080i.

HSN has spent about $15 million over two years converting seven studios in St. Petersburg, Fla., for high-definition production, including acquiring 43 Sony HD cameras, said chief financial officer Judy Schmeling."You can see the products so much better in HD and r

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