ESPN Network has launched ESPNU HD on August, 2008 coinciding with the start of the College Football season and is now delivering more than 200 HD events that include all of its Live Thursday and Saturday college football games and also exclusive coverage of college basketball, lacrosse, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, hockey and more.
During the launch the HD simulcast, ESPN HD was carried by the leading operators like Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV, RCN, Atlantic Broadband and Broadstripe. Recently AT&T also added the collegiate sports channel. Comcast has also struck a deal to carry ESPNU.
The leading satellite provider DirecTV has recently announced that ESPNU will be added to Choice programming package starting July, 1. But there is no news regarding HD simulcast launch and subscribers are expecting before the 2010 college season.
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Score another one for DirecTV’s HD. They also just added 1080p capabilities for all their new “DirecTV Cinema” offerings, and as the owner of a brand new 1080p TV, I’m thankful for this.
I am curious to see what the new ‘branding’ of their PPV system as “DirecTV Cinema” means to consumers, but I’m hopeful because DTV has always done me good in the past. For instance, in the latest ad for DTV Cinema, they not only offered up a bunch of good movies for a better price than my friend’s cable in-demand, but the ad also featured one of my favorite songs, “Electromagnetic Superstar” by Jet Stream. It’s little touches like this and attention to detail that make DTV a better option.
FYI there’s a video clip of this ad at : http://displacedbrett.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/jet
When can I expect to have ESPNU HD in my location (Balt/DC) and surrounding area?