The Girls Gone Wild “Hottest Girl in America” finale will premiere on Thursday, July 29 in high-definition on HDNet at 10:00 p.m. PT and 1:00 a.m. ET. The show, which premiered May 13, has narrowed down competitors from around the country and one of them will be given the title. 20 finalists have been chosen from 11 states including California, New Mexico, Florida and Louisana. Full Story
HDNet will present “Green Day Live at the Fox Theatre” this Sunday, May 30 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time. A premiere for the network, the concert is in support of their album “21st Century Breakdown,” which won the Grammy for Best Rock Album this year. Full Story
HDNet is running a mini marathon of Batman films starting today at 5:00 PM. If you’re a big fan of Michael Keaton’s portrayal of Batman you can catch up with how The Dark Knight looked 90’s style (pre Batman and Robin) in Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992) and Batman Forever (1995). Of course the movies are presented in high-definition and widescreen format (everything on HDNet is) making this is a great way to relive the movies in their native format. Full Story
HDNet will premiere “Girls Gone Wild Presents: Search for the Hottest Girl in America” on Thursday, May 13 at 10:00 p.m. Pacific Time and 1:00 a.m. Eastern. The half-hour reality show will take behind-the-scenes looks at the Girls Gone Wild nationwide campaign. Full Story
Endeavour’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
The year is 2008, and veteran combat photographer Jon Steele has entered Iraq with Baker Company, a select group of Army soldiers who purposely enter an Al Qaida stronghold on a counterinsurgency mission for the last 3 months of their tour of duty. Full Story
If you are a Frans Ferdinand fan you won’t want to miss a premiere HD broadcast of the Scottish band’s live performance at the Big Gig London O2 Arena in February ‘09. The concert will feature hits from their first release such as “Michael,” “Matinee” and “Take Me Out,” as well as newer songs Ulysses” and “No You Girls.” Full Story
HDNet and HDNet Movies have been added to the Verizon FiOS TV video-on-demand library. The high-definition programming is free for customers who subscribe to HD service and is usually available on demand 24 hours after premiering. Full Story
DirecTV has added content from Mark Cuban owned networks HDNet and HDNet Movies. Over 20 hours from HDNet, and 25 movies from HDNet Movies are now part of the DirecTV video-on-demand library. Full Story
The Smashing Pumpkins will debut on HDNet’s Concert Series this Sunday, Nov. 1 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The concert, “Smashing Pumpkins–The Fillmore Residency,” features seven new tracks as well as older hits like “Blue Skies Bring Tears,” “Super Christ,” “Starla,” “No Surrender,” “The Rose March,” and “Zeitgeist.” Full Story
HDNet’s ‘Dan Rather Reports’ will bring further investigation into how Iran has used U.S. banks to launder money. The program will premiere tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET in high-definition on HDNet. Could Iran’s nuclear program be funded through New York banks? Full Story
Kill the lights on this one. This film is dark, dark, dark. I must have seen “Escape from Alcatraz” a hundred times over the years in standard-definition, and each time it seemed the quality got progressively worse. But it is just one of those films that I can’t turn off, even with commercial interruptions. Full Story
HDNet Movies has several U.S. high-definition television premieres this month. The movies include: “The Answer Man” (Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham), “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” (Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale), “Cocaine Cowboys” (Billy Corben), “Jurassic Park III” (Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni), “So Close” (Shu Qi, Zhao Wei, Karen Mok) and “World’s Greatest Dad” (Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara). Full Story
Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET HDNet’s “Inside MMA” will feature insight from trainers Shawn Tompkins (trained Randy Couture, Forrest Griffin), Ricardo Liborio (trained Mike Brown, Thiago Alves) and Greg Nelson (trained Brock Lesnar and Sean Sherk). To view a preview of tonight’s broadcast click the following link: http://blip.tv/file/2312395/ Full Story
HDNet Movies is hosting a sneak peak of producer David Lynch’s newest film, Surveillance next week. The film was directed by none other than Lynch’s daughter Jennifer Lynch, who also co-wrote the movie. Surveillance is set to have its national theatrical debut in theaters June 26. Full Story
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