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BBC’s LIFE to premiere on Discovery Channel HD

by Jeff Chabot on March 13, 2010

LIFE, the BBC’s follow up to the hugely popular Planet Earth series, will be broadcast over 11 episodes in HD starting Sunday, March 21, 2010. The series will break new grounds in filming, showcasing techniques such as The HD Heli-Gimbal (producing rock-steady aerial shots with 800mm lens distance capacity), Extreme High-Speed Photography (reaching speeds of up to 1,000 FPS), Underwater Time-Lapse Sequences, and new techniques in microscopy, infra-red, and ultrasonic imagery. Full Story

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Shuttle Mission STS-130 set for early Sunday launch: Update

by Jeff Chabot on February 5, 2010

Shuttle-Mission-STS-130-patchEndeavour’s 13-day, STS-130 mission is scheduled for liftoff at 4:39 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7. HDNet will start covering the lift off at 4:00 a.m., with a re-broadcast the launch on Sunday, February 7 at 11:00 a.m. ET. This is the last scheduled night time launch for the Space Shuttle Mission. (See remaining launch dates below.) Full Story

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HDNet to cover Endeavour shuttle launch tonight

by Jeff Chabot on July 11, 2009

Don’t miss the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour scheduled for tonight at 7:39 p.m. Eastern Time. HDNet will start covering the event at 7:00 p.m. ET, taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA TV started coverage yesterday with the pre-launch press conference and rotating service structure retraction.) The launch is especially significant in that it will mark the 500th person in space. Full Story

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NASA broadcasting HD shorts today

by Jeff Chabot on June 24, 2009

NASA is broadcasting a couple video shorts which started today at 10 a.m. ET. The first is a 20-minute piece that documents 167 feet of the space station’s pressurized modules and shows how equipment and supplies are stored. A shorter 5-minute piece explains the Canadian Bodies In the Space Environment (BISE), which studies how humans orient themselves in zero gravity. Full Story

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NASA to cover Atlantis launch in HD

by Jeff Chabot on May 7, 2009

NASA TV will cover the upcoming Space Shuttle Atlantis launch in high definition starting tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET with the “STS-125 Countdown Status Briefing” from Kennedy Space Center. The countdown clock will start tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET and NASA will broadcast Atlantis mission coverage throughout the weekend leading up to the actual launch scheduled for Monday, May 11 at 2:01 p.m. ET. Full Story

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‘Snakeman’ adventures coming to HDNet

by Jeb Stuart on May 6, 2009

Herpetologist and photographer Austin Stevens, also known as the “Snakeman”, will bring his adventures to HDNet in high-definition this coming fall. The show appropriately called “Austin Stevens Adventures” will take him around the globe in search of the deadliest snakes and rarest creatures on earth. Full Story

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HDNet to cover nighttime Space Shuttle launch

by Jeff Chabot on March 10, 2009

HDNet will provide live coverage of the 28th U.S. mission to the International Space Station tomorrow night, Mar. 11, in high-definition. The Space Shuttle Discovery STS-119 will launch from Kennedy Space Center at the scheduled time of 9:20 p.m. ET. HDNet will begin their live coverage of the event at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT). Full Story

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NASA TV to present 2 hours of special HD footage

by Mike Allen on August 7, 2008

NASA Television will broadcast a special HD (High-Definition) presentation of two hours of highlights from America’s human spaceflight history. The special broadcast is part of the celebration of NASA’s 50th anniversary. The anniversary was also celebrated in June ‘08 with the presentation of newly restored historical footage which ran in the 3-part series “When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions” on The Discovery Channel. Full Story

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Discovery to premiere ‘Shadow of the Moon’ in HD

by Jeffrey Nukom on June 23, 2008

“In The Shadow Of The Moon” will premiere in high-definition (HD) on the Discovery Channel tonight at 9 pm ET.

Although previous scheduling and the Discovery Channel website has the premiere of “In The Shadow Of The Moon” scheduled for Sunday, June 29, ads running last night during “When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions” state the movie will premiere tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Full Story

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High definition ‘NASA missions’ sneak previews

by Jeff Chabot on June 6, 2008

Here are 4 sneak previews of the upcoming Discovery Channel special “When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions”. The special series includes historical NASA footage restored to high-definition (HD) quality. The three-part series will start this coming Sunday, June 8, and continue on June 15 and June 22.



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The Earth in High Definition

by Mike Allen on April 18, 2008

nasa logoIn honor of Earth Day on April 22, NASA will be broadcasting images of the Earth in high definition on NASA Television.

The HD imagery, taken by astronauts, will start airing on Friday, April 18th. The hour-long broadcast will feature silent Earth views from the perspective of shuttle trips and the International Space Station. Full Story

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Space Shuttle Endeavor launch in high def

by Jeffrey Nukom on March 7, 2008

space shuttle endeavorHDNet will broadcast live, high definition coverage of the Space Shuttle Endeavor launch this coming Tuesday, March 11th. The coverage begins at 2:00 A.M. ET at the Kennedy Space Center with the launch scheduled for 2:28 A.M.

Astronauts will take… Full Story

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National Geographic in HD

by hdreport on September 11, 2007

national geographic HD

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