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
Time Warner Cable’s new long term deal with Disney/ABC and ESPN will bring two new sports networks to TMC’s HD channel lineup. ESPN 3D will be added to Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks’ hi-def lineup. And, Spanish language ESPN Deportes HD will also be added to TMC’s larger markets. Full Story
Time Warner Cable has launched the online broadband channel Speed2 nationwide, offering live and on-demand streaming of motorsports events in both standard and high-definition. The channel is available to Time Warner Cable Sports Pass subscribers (formally known as Time Warner Cable Sports Tier) at no additional charge. 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. Full Story
The 92nd PGA Championship will be produced by Turner Sports and the PGA of America and broadcast in 3D on Time Warner Cable. The production will combine footage from eight 3D cameras strategically placed around the Par 3 holes. The 3D broadcasts will be available for viewing on Thursday, Aug. 12 and Friday, Aug. 13. Full Story
Time Warner Cable will be adding 20 more HD channels to market areas in Ohio, that according to the Newark Advocate. The additions include ABC Family HD, Disney Channel HD Channel, ESPNEWS HD and Speed HD Channel bringing the total number of HD channels available from Time Warner in those areas to 61. Full Story
Fox Soccer Plus will broadcast the Tri-Nations rugby union tournament between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa on July 10 live and in high-definition (HD). In the first match of nine (to be held in Auckland, NZ) we’ll see top-ranked All-Blacks battle against defending Tri-Nations champion team Springboks. Fox Soccer Plus will carry all nine of the matches of the tournament which will come to an end in September. Full Story
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. Full Story
Time Warner Cable will no longer market their HD services as “free” according to a company statement which followed a Better Business Bureaus recommendation. Multichannel reported yesterday The National Advertising Division found TMC had been using the term “free” for about two years when the price of HD service had actually become embedded in the price of its regular service. Therefore, it shouldn’t be called free. Full Story
Time Warner Cable has added 27 new HD (High-Definition) television channels in the Rio Grande Valley area of Southern Texas. (They recently added the same number in Corpus Christi.) That brings the total number of free HD channels for customers in the area to 37. Full Story
Time Warner Cable has reached a milestone 100 HD channels in the North East region, that according to Multichannel News. The area includes upstate New York and New England, where TMC’s digital conversion gave them the needed bandwidth to expand its high-def lineup. Full Story
Now Time Warner Cable subscribers in the New York City, Mount Vernon (New York) and New Jersey areas can watch outdoor sports in high-definition (HD), as the Outdoor Channel HD announced their carriage in those areas. Full Story
Time Warner Cable NYC launched Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet and Business Class Wideband Internet, delivering internet speeds up to 50 Mbps download, and 5 Mbps upload. Residential customers can have up to five devices simultaneously using the network. Full Story
According to the Desert Sun, Time Warner Cable has launched six new HD channels in the Palm Springs, California area. However, the channels are only available as part of certain subscription tiers. See below to see if they have been added to your channel lineup. Full Story
Time Warner Cable has added 27 new HD channels in its Corpus Christi, TX markets. The new channels are available free-of-charge to TMC subscribers who have an HD set-top box, and give customers access to a total of 35 high-definition channels. The areas include Corpus Christi and outlying areas Alice, Beeville and Orange Grove. Full Story
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