HD channel expansion roundup

Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say!

Read - Comcast Completes DOCSIS 3.0 Rollout In San Francisco
Read - DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va.
Read - Evolution Seeks FCC Waiver For Sub-$100 HD Set-Top
Read - Metropolitan Opera goes high-definition in Lincoln Center Plaza
Read - Charter's Stateline Customers Get Four More HD Channels (Illinois)
Read - Charter to add four more HD channels Wednesday (Wisconsin)
Read - Pact puts Channel 58's hi-def signal on DirecTV (Milwaukee) [Thanks, Prockman]
Read - UH sports package going high-definition (Hawaii)
Read - Comcast changes channels (Panama City)
Read - Bright House will add 15 HD channels (Orlando)
Read - Major Channel Realignment In Southwest Ohio (Time Warner Cable) [Thanks, DaytonGuy]
39 new HD Channels in Atlanta [Thanks, John W.]

[RandallLind Posted Aug 10th 2009 7:53AM]

In the article for Orlando we have all those channels they had listed in Tampa all but, Starz HD and the movie channel HD. AMC, Fox news HD and the sport channels I am surprise Orlando doesn't have them

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 10th 2009 2:45PM]

Anyone have a link to the news about 39 new HD Channels in Atlanta?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2009 7:34AM]

Yeah, I would also like more information on the 39 HD channels in Atlanta (like what they are). Are they for Comcast? I sure hope so!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2009 11:52AM]

My guess is it's for Comcast, but I can't find any press releases from them about it. This is infuriating because I've been dying for more HD!!

[John W Posted Aug 12th 2009 2:32AM]

Yeah, the new HD channels are with Comcast. They are:

WGN america, We, Planet Green, Biography, QVC, ESPN News, CBS College Sports, Big Ten Network, BET, CMT, E!, Style, FOX Business News, The Weather Channel, CNBC, Fox News, FX, VH1, MTV, Lifetime, Travel Channel, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, Comedy Central, TVOne, Bravo, Fuse, Speed, G4, Spike, NHL Network, NBA TV, MGM, Hallmark Movie Channel, Lifetime Movie Network (LMN), Independent Film Channel (IFC), Encore.

We got them here in Atlanta about 2 weeks ago.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2009 6:57AM]

@Sparten: I haven't noticed those new channels at all, nor did I get a notice about them. What channel numbers are they??

[John W Posted Aug 12th 2009 2:23PM]

I never got a notice about the new channels either, they just suddenly appeared in my guide two weeks ago.

WGN america (815), We (817), Planet Green (818), Biography (819), QVC (820), ESPN News (821), CBS College Sports (822), Big Ten Network (824), BET (825), CMT (826), E! (828), Style (829), FOX Business News (831), The Weather Channel (832), CNBC (836), Fox News (837), FX (843), VH1 (851), MTV (853), Lifetime (855), Travel Channel (860), Cartoon Network (862), Nickelodeon (863), Disney XD (866), Comedy Central (868), TVOne (871), Bravo (872), Fuse (873), Speed (875), G4 (876), Spike (878), NHL Network (881), NBA TV (882), MGM (894), Hallmark Movie Channel (896), Lifetime Movie Network (897), Independent Film Channel (898), Encore (899).

There are also several more of the premium movie channels in HD starting at channel 701.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 13th 2009 7:36AM]

Well, that sucks. I don't have any of those yet and I'm in 30309. Moving next week to 30324, hopefully they'll be there. Not sure why they are apparently doing a slow rollout...