Disney/ABC, ESPN and Time Warner Cable make it official
on September 3, 2010
Disney/ABC, ESPN and Time Warner Cable have finally come to a long term agreement, releasing an official press release late yesterday afternoon announcing the details. The agreement extends current distribution arrangements and adds new programming from ESPN Goal Line, ESPN Buzzer Beater, Disney Junior (launching 2012), and ESPN3.com. Full Story



NYC area Time Warner Cable subscribers will have 25 more HD channels to choose from. The additions bring TMC’s high-definition channel count to over 150 in New York City, Mount Vernon, Hudson Valley and New Jersey markets.
On Aug. 25th, Cox Communications will add College Sports HD to its high-definition lineup in Hampton Roads, VA. The HD network will be found on Cox channel 816, and will also be available in standard-definition on channel 216. 
CBS and Comcast have signed a ten-year television distribution agreement that will last until 2020, the companies announced today. The agreement includes Showtime Networks, Comcast’s launch of the Smithsonian Channel (also a CBS network), and expanded distribution of CBS College Sports programming. 
Comcast will be adding 58 HD channels later this week in parts of Central California including Fresno, Los Banos, Merced, Tulare and Visalia (see full list of areas below). The additional channels (totalling 75 if you count standard-def channels ) will be added as part of Comcast’s XFINITY TV upgrade. New HD channels soon to be available include BET HD, MGM HD, MSNBC HD, Nickelodeon HD, Disney XD HD and E! HD.
It didn’t take long for other carriers to get in on the NASCAR 3D action. Two days after NASCAR announced DIRECTV would carry the Coke Zero 400 race on July 3, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House have been added to the list of carriers. The coverage will be presented in TNT’s Wide Open widescreen letterbox format free of commercial breaks. The broadcast will feature two custom 3D feeds – one from various 3D cameras set up along the track and the other capturing pit crew action.
As part of their XFINITY TV digital upgrades in California, Comcast says they will launch 61 new HD channels (81 channels total) starting today with the first phase of the additions. The second phase will take place in August. Twenty communities in the Capital Region will also have access to 4,000 On Demand HD choices.
Epix is launching widespread online viewing of content for Cox and Mediacom customers on EpixHD.com. The service provides Epix subscribers with a full lineup of movies via the website, including over 150 HD and SD movies per month. In July, the company plans on launching the service for Charter Communications subscribers.
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