Dish Network now offers local HDTV service in Hartford and New Haven, Conn., and Portland–Auburn, Maine, Multichannel News reports. Dish has set itself the goal of reaching 100 local HD markets and 100 national HD channels by year’s end, the newspaper says. Currently, the satellite provider’s local HD services in 57 markets reach more than 66% of TV households, the newspaper notes.
—Vlada Gelman