ABC News is increasing its HDTV offerings and is using this week’s Democratic National Convention to help promote it, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Starting today, HDTV users can watch “World News With Charles Gibson” and “Nightline” in 720-line progressive (720p) high definition. “World News” is the last of the Big Three nightly news broadcasts to switch to HD, which is ironic considering ABC News was the first major news organization to use HD production.
—Christopher Perez