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
HDNet is covering the MazdaSpeed races this weekend and in July, all in high-definition. The coverage begins today (July 13)Â at 1 p.m. ET with Mazda Formula X at the New Jersey Motorsports Park, and will continue tomorrow (July 14) at the same time. Full Story
HDNet will premiere The Girlfriend Experience this Wednesday, May 20th at 8:00 p.m. ET, two days prior to its national theatrical release. The latest film from Steven Soderbergh stars Sasha Grey as Chelsea, an upscale Manhattan call girl who provides more than just a sexual encounter; for a price, she’ll simulate a complete romantic relationship. Full Story
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
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
According to an advertisement, “Robin Hood” will be offered in HD (high-definition) this coming Fall on BBC America HD. The soon to launch new channel (no date has been set), will carry the show along with other HD programming.
Some shows which are currently offered by BBC America which we hope will make it to the HD channel lineup include “Doctor Who”, “Top Gear” and “Torchwood.” “Torchwood” is currently available in high definition on HDNet. Full Story
HDNet 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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