Warner Bros. Digital Distribution is celebrating Warner Bros. Entertainment’s 85th anniversary by releasing 85 of its classic films in HD VOD (High-Definition Video-On-Demand). Movies from the library already available on-demand include “Superman: The Movie,” “Casablanca” and “Full Metal Jacket”. Some of the titles are being offered for the first time in high-definition. Full Story »

Cable television provider Comcast increased its HD (High-Definition) channel offerings yesterday by adding nine new networks. The new HD channels are Disney HD, ABC Family HD, TLC HD, AMC HD, Science Channel HD, Animal Planet HD, Sci-Fi HD, TMC HD and Showtime 2 HD. The company also stated it is on its way to offering 1,000 HD VOD choices by the end of the year. Full Story »

Cable television provider Comcast will be rolling out a new action based VOD channel with studio MGM this week, The Associated Press reports. The channel named “Impact” will have 20-30 titles every month featuring action movies and TV shows. MGM will pull titles from its 1,000+ library of action films and shows. Full Story »

Time Warner Cable in San Antonio is adding HD Olympic games coverage to their lineup. Customers who live in the area will be able to get 4 new HD channels that will cover the 2008 games in Beijing. The company says it will offer over 800 hours of Olympics HD coverage. Full Story »

Comcast has added 9 new HD channels to its lineup in Southern New Jersey, TVPredictions reports. The high-definition channels will be available specifically in the Gloucester County area. The 9 new HD channels are MC HD, Animal Planet HD, CNN HD, Discovery HD, Food Network HD, History Channel HD, HGTV HD, Sci Fi HD and USA HD. Full Story »

Comcast announced yesterday it launched seven new HD (High-Definition) channels in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The new channels are Disney HD, ABC Family HD, TLC HD, AMC HD, Science Channel HD, The Movie Channel HD and Showtime 2 HD. Full Story »

Comcast, the television/voice/internet provider and now self-described “video game pioneer,” is giving away Wii gaming systems. Customers who subscribe to the Preferred Plus or Premier Triple Play packages will receive the Wii system as part of promotional partnership with Nintendo.  The national offer runs from Monday till August 17th for new Comcast subscribers. Full Story »

Cablevision has added 15 HD (High-Definition) channels to their lineup, reaching 60 HD programming choices for customers. The high-definition channels are available at no extra charge for customers who subscribe to their iO TV service. The new HD channels are launching across Cablevision service areas all this week. Full Story »

Time Warner Cable added four HD channels today in NYC including Biography Channel in HD (channel 763), Starz Edge HD (channel 677), Starz Kids & Family HD (channel 678) and Starz Comedy HD (channel 681). The new additions are available to customers in the Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island boroughs. Full Story »

Charter Communications has announced plans to add six new HD (high-definition) channels on August 27. The cable television provider will add Fox Sports Net (FSN), Animal Planet-HD, Smithsonian Channel-HD, TBS-HD, In-Demand-HD and The Movie Channel-HD. Full Story »

Cox Communications will launch four new high-definition (HD) channels in the area in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Phoenix Business Journal reports. The channels to launch include USA HD, CNBC HD+ and NBC Olympic Soccer Channel HD along with Lifetime HD on July 21. Full Story »

Time Warner Cable has added 11 new channels in the Irving, Coppell, Grapevine and Lewisville areas in Dallas, Texas. The rollouts are part of Time Warner Cable’s upgrades across the region. Full Story »

SureWest, after acquiring the Kansas City-based broadband provider Everest Broadband back in February, is adding a total of 18 new HD (high-definition) channels in the Kansas City region over the next 30 days. Full Story »

Cablevision will give customers an additional 15 HD (high-definition) channels in order to compete with competition from satellite and fiber-optic based television providers. The report, from Reuters, says the New York-based cable operator will add Discovery, Nickelodeon, FX, FOX News, AMC and The Weather Channel to its HD offerings. Full Story »

Crown Media announced a contractual agreement with Cox Communications to carry the Hallmark Movie Channel in high-definition. The multi-year deal (length of contract not specified) will allow Cox to distribute Hallmark Movie Channel HD to its subscribers. Full Story »

Comcast will be launching a standalone HD channel for E! Television in December, as well as splitting the The Golf Channel and Versus, which have been sharing an HD channel but will soon have their own channels. This according to an article from Multichannel News. Full Story »

Early this week LIN TV made a deal with DirecTV to broadcast both analog and high-definition channels. The agreement will include television stations owned by LIN TV in 15 markets. Some markets include Albuquerque, Austin, Buffalo, Dayton, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Springfield, Providence, Norfolk,  and Hartford-New Haven. Full Story »

Comcast Corp. adds to its HD VOD (video-on-demand) offerings this month which includes new episodes of the television series “Weeds”, the return of past seasons of “The Office” and “30 Rock”, and sci-fi movies titles such as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. Full Story »

Discovery Network launched Planet Green HD yesterday on Time Warner Cable. What the company calls “the first eco-lifestyle” HD channel, has evolved from the Discovery Home Channel. The high-definition channel is now available to customers in San Antonio, according to an article from the San Antonio Business Journal. The HD channel will also be launched in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island next Wednesday on June 11. Full Story »

DISH Network is offering a $50 incentive to switch to their services in the Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Hartford and Providence Areas. The offer comes after an agreement failed to be made between television/media company LIN TV and cable service provider Charter Communications to carry local stations offered by company. Full Story »