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Local HD Available in Six More DirecTV Markets

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 Takes ‘Colbert’ Online

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’s Beta Site Launches

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…

‘SNL’s’ Poehler Launches Web Video Series

“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…

This Week in HD: Lay of the Land

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…

Positive Reinforcement: Ed Delaney

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…

Blu-ray Price Drops May Clear Way for Adoption

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…

HDTV Sales Unaffected by Economic Woes

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…

Rounding Up HD News: ‘Files’ Adds Features, Blu-ray Boost?

‘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…

FCC Distributes Bilingual DTV PSAs, Educational Video

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…