With the addition of six more markets, DirecTV now offers local HD service to 91 cities, or 81% of U.S. TV households, Multichannel News reports. The six markets are Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.; Richmond-Petersburg, Va.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Toledo and Youngstown, Ohio;…
Comedy Central has relaunched ColbertNation.com, a Web hub for its show “The Colbert Report.” The Web site features more than 2,800 videos dating back to the show’s launch in 2005, as well as a searchable database, an online community and…
Joost unveils its beta Web site today, complete with a slew of YouTube- and Facebook-type features, MediaWeek reports. The new site eventually will be entirely Flash-based, making it easier for visitors to view video, not unlike YouTube. JoostFeed informs users…
“Saturday Night Live” comic Amy Poehler is getting into Web video. She has created “Smart Girls,” a new digital television show for young girls that features the actress interviewing a girl who is uniquely talented, active in their community or…
HD programming picks for Sept. 18-24: “The Great American Motorcycle,” “Farm Aid 2008,” “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid” “The Great American Motorcycle” (HD Theater). Fri., Sept. 19, 9 p.m. Get your motor runnin’ and head out on the highway…
The player: Ed Delaney, VP of operations at YES Network The play: Mr. Delaney, an original employee at YES (Yankees Entertainment and Sports) starting in 2001, helped lead the network’s high-definition improvements, including the telecasting of all New York Yankees…
While Blu-ray disc players promise the ultimate in picture clarity for movie-disc buyers with high-definition televisions, the prognosis is murkier for how fast the next-generation players will be adopted in the U.S. Global sales of stand-alone Blu-ray players will triple…
Economic crisis? What economic crisis? Despite a mortgage-related meltdown that has shaken up Wall Street this week and may have compounded consumer fears of an ailing U.S. economy, high-definition television sales are unlikely to slow. Prices continue to fall thanks…
‘X-Files’ Movie Marks Fox’s Interactive DVD Debut “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” will be Fox Home Entertainment’s first interactive DVD when it’s released in December. The film’s BD-Live features will allow Internet-connected watchers to access special features as well…
The Federal Communications Commission has released several TV PSAs and a long-form educational video to help viewers prepare for the digital television transition. The 30- and 60-second PSAs, produced in both English and Spanish, have been distributed to 1,368 full-power…