Football in June? No problem with Worldsport HD
By Richard Lawler 
posted Jun 16th 2006 2:09PM
posted Jun 16th 2006 2:09PM
We don't cover many Voom HD stations in our daily HDTV listings, but we thought it would be worth telling Dish Network subscribers that you'll be getting the first of many CFL games tonight. Worldsport HD features the Montreal Alouettes and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers tonight at 7:30 p.m. While Ricky Williams won't be playing tonight, (nor will the recently-cut Onterrio "The Whizzinator" Smith), it's always nice to watch some three-down football from our northern neighbors. If you were desperate enough to watch the Arena Bowl in HD or can't get enough 720p World Cup action then this will be a piece of cake.
To follow up another Canadian-related HD note: in Canada, the game between the Blue Bombers (go Blue!) and the Alouettes is in HD on TSN, starting at 7:30 EST. However, the second game (also on TSN) between the Roughriders and the Lions, starting at 10:30 EST, is not in HD.
Off-topic but related...
How is CBC Canada in HD distributed? OTA? Cable? Satellite? I hear it advertised on SD CBC but I can't find it OTA.
The cable and satellite carriers for CBC HD are shown here: http://www.cbc.ca/hdtv/ (right hand navigation bar)
No mention of it being available OTA. I would think it should be provided free (as we pay for it with our tax $$), but I don't have an OTA antenna to check.