DISH Network has made an announced on Thursday that the satcaster will launch 17 new high-definition channels on August 1, to to take the HD tally to 100 channel mar. DISH Network, during investors conference in January this year has announced that they would offer 100 national HD channels before the end of 2008. DirecTV is also gearing up to reach the 100 HD channel mark and now it seems DISH will win the race as DirecTV will start its HD expansion with the help of the new satellite DIRECTV 11 only from September and expected to reach 150 HD channels before the year end. Dish Network will launch following HD channels from August 1 :
ActionMax HD – Ch. 313
CBS College Sports HD – Ch. 152
Lifetime HD – Ch. 108
Lifetime Movie Network HD – Ch. 109
Planet Green HD – Ch. 194
Encore HD – Ch. 340
HBO 2 HD – Ch. 301
HBO Comedy HD – Ch. 307
HBO Family HD – Ch. 305
HBO Latino HD – Ch. 309
HBO Signature HD – Ch. 302
HBO West HD – Ch. 303
HBO Zone HD – Ch. 308
Starz Comedy HD – Ch. 354
Starz Edge HD – Ch. 352
Starz Kids & Family HD – Ch. 356 and
Starz West HD – Ch. 351
“In January, we promised our customers that DISH Network would boost our national HD channel lineup to 100 by year’s end. Today, we are proud to say that in less than one year, not only did we deliver on our commitment, but we exceeded it,” said Eric Sahl, senior vice president of Programming for DISH Network. “We continue our pledge to DISH Network subscribers to add more national channels and local HD markets, as well as offer the best sports and movies in HD.”
DISH Network is also planning to introduce only HD programming package called TurboHD and there will be three packages available.
TurboHD Gold – $39.99/month
TurboHD Silver – $32.99/month
TurboHD Bronze – $24.99/month
Subscribers have to pay $5 extra to avail local channels along with HD channels from any of the above TurboHD plans. Apart from these packages, TurboHD Platinum is also available. To add TurboHD Platinum to any qualifying package and receive HD channels that do not have corresponding SD channels with TurboHD Platinum at $10/month extra.
Jessica Insalaco, Chief Marketing Officer for DISH Network said “TurboHD is revolutionary to the industry; we’re changing the way people watch TV by offering them all of the top channels – in HD only – with the best high-definition systems on the market, When consumers add HD programming, their viewing habits change – they don’t like to go back to standard definition – so their viewing switches over to all-HD channels. TurboHD will provide the next-generation high-definition television experience by offering only the best in HD programming and award-winning HD technology at incredible prices.”
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