After an ongoing dispute between Disney (ABC’s parent company) and cable TV provider Cablevision failed to be resolved, the network was pulled at midnight on Saturday, Dec. 6. The dispute wasn’t settled until Sunday night at 8:43 p.m, almost fifteen minutes after the Academy Awards had already started. Until then, 3.1 million Cablevision subscribers were unable to get ABC. Full Story
Cox Communications will start rolling out Epix HD and on-demand channel “Vutopia” to its markets on April 1. Epix HD is a premium movie channel from Viacom Inc., Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate. The channel is normally offered for $9.99 per month. Full Story
If you are a Comcast subscriber in the San Francisco Bay Area you’ll now be able to get Hallmark Channel HD and HSN HD. With the Digital Starter HD service you’ll get Hallmark Channel HD on Channel 793, and with the Limited Basic HD service you’ll get HSN HD on Channel 718. (Do they sound like the same service to you too?) Subscribers in Half Moon Bay, Isleton, Mendocino and Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley, sadly, are out-of-luck. Full Story
Comcast has added several 2010 Academy Award-nominated films to its On Demand selections, which include District 9, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Julie & Julia, A Serious Man and Up. The added titles can be found in the Oscar Films & More library, and are available in HD. Full Story
Comcast announced they now offer 50 Mbps in their Indianapolis, IN market areas under DOCSIS 3.0 (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification). The faster internet speed is part of their Extreme 50 service package, which provides 50 Mbps downstream and 10 Mbps upstream for current cable customers at $99.95 per month. Full Story
Cox Communications has added five HD channels and one Music Choice channel to its lineup in the Hampton Roads area. Also included in the additions are two On Demand channels including the Filipino Channel and Shalom TV. Cox says it now offers 72 HD channels in total to its customers. Full Story
If you missed any past episodes of “24″ during the last seven seasons, Comcast has just added them all to their On Demand library. The episodes are offered in high-definition and will be available through April 7, 2010. You can find them via the On Demand menu under “TV Entertainment” > “Fox” > “24.” (Just make sure you pick the HD versions.) Full Story
For the first time Cox Communications will provide all its Winter Olympics coverage, approximately 835 hours of it, in high-definition. Cox says it is also providing the content online and On Demand, at no additional cost to subscribers. For online distribution, the Cox/NBC Universal agreement includes 1,000+ hours of digital content which will be available to customers with at least Expanded Basic service. Full Story
If you subscribe to Charter Communications you’ll soon be able to get Epix HD, a premium movie channel launched in Oct. ‘09 by Viacom Inc., its Paramount Pictures unit, MGM and Lionsgate. Epix is currently running films like Star Trek, GI Joe, and Paranormal Activity, as well as comedy and concert programming. Full Story
Comcast has added 36 HD channels for customers in Pittsburgh, PA, according to TVPredictions.com. The new high-definition channels include Travel Channel HD, Comedy Central HD, Nickelodeon HD and Weather Channel HD. Full Story
SureWest Communications out of N. California has launched its Advanced Digital TV service as well as Whole Home DVR to the Sacramento area. The IPTV-based service is powered by Microsoft Mediaroom, and runs on SureWest’s combination of fiber-to-the-home and copper networks. Full Story
Cablevision subscribers in the New York Tri-State region will be happy to hear Food Network and HGTV are back online, as the cable provider and Scripps Networks Interactive came to a financial agreement today. Full Story
Epix signed its third distribution deal with Mediacom this week, and will begin service in April, 2010. The joint-venture between Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate which offers a premium lineup of movies also signed a deal with Cox Communications this week. Full Story
Comcast added ESPN content to their On Demand menu this week, with plans to include programming from the Winter X Games, college sports, classic boxing and the upcoming FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Also included will be ESPN’s 30 for 30 sports documentary series, which highlights sports history from 1979 to 2009. Full Story
Cox is expected to add some HD channels the second week of February, as well as some additional On Demand content for customers in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. Among the additions are MSNBC HD, MoreMax HD (Cinemax), TMC HD (The Movie Channel), Cox HD, and Comcast Sports HD. Below is a list of the channels to launch on 2/10/10. Thanks to Philip for the tip. Full Story
A new miniseries coming to HBO from the producers of “Band of Brothers.”
Executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, who brought the Band of Brothers miniseries, will be premiering The Pacific miniseries March 14 on HBO. Along with HBO, Comcast is giving its subscribers exclusive On Demand content including a scene from The Pacific, interviews with the producers, and sneak peaks into the making of the series. Comcast is also loading up a Band of Brothers episode every week as a primer for the premiere. Full Story
Epix and Epix HD will be shown on Cox networks starting in April 2010, after a deal was reached between the premium movie channel and the third largest cable television provider in the U.S. Full Story
At midnight on Dec. 31, both Food Network and HGTV (owned by Scripps Networks) were dropped from Cablevision’s lineups, a result of both companies failing to come to a carriage agreement. Scripps says its channels are among the most watched, and yet paid among the lowest rates in the industry. Full Story
Cox Communications has added 13 more high-definition channels to its lineup in Northern Virginia (NOVA) market. The cable provider now hosts 78 HD channels in the area, and the new additions include such networks as MSNBC HD, TMC HD, Disney HD and BBC America HD. Full Story
Via Reuters Cox Communications may be close to reaching an agreement to carry movie channels Epix and Epix HD, but Cox is not the only TV provider who may get the new network. An article earlier this month from Reuters said Dish was talking to Epix, with a carriage deal expected early in 2010. Full Story
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