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Starting Monday, Jan. 4, Daily Show and Colbert Report will be filmed and presented in the enhanced format, joining most other Comedy Central series, including South Park, The Sarah Silverman Program and Important Things With Demetri Martin in being delivered in the HD format.

Dish Network Corp.'s first-quarter profit climbed 21%, but the satellite-television provider continued to lose subscribers as competition mounts. Sister company EchoStar Corp., meanwhile, swung to a first-quarter loss amid declining revenue.

ESPN has launched it first ESPN-branded HD service in Brazil, ESPN HD Brazil, which is also the first 24/7 all-sports HD network in the country. ESPN HD Brazil, which includes live coverage of major sporting events such as the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup, the Spanish League, the Italian League and MLS.

DirecTV is offering customers 33 movies via its on-demand service in 1080p high-definition format, the so-called "full HD" standard, which the satellite TV operator claimed is more than any other service.

Dish Network -- which has boasted of being "first" to offer 1080p content -- currently lists about 20 movies in the HD format through its own on-demand service.

MASN, the local leader in live sports entertainment and the television home of the Nationals and Orioles, will launch its full-time HD channel on Wednesday, April 1 and will televise 210 Major League Baseball games in high definition in 2009.

The saying for March “in like a lion out like a lamb.” That saying should be reversed if you’re a fan of High Definition via satellite!
It appears that both Dish Network and DirecTV will turn up the heat to their HD customers by launching a handfull of new national HD channels this week.

Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV have both this week announced additions to their on demand services, making it easier for customers to watch what they want when they want.

This week, Comcast announced its OnDemand Online service, promising anywhere online access to Comcast programming (broadcast, basic and premium channels, etc.) for its customers. I sat down with Doug Sylvester, President and COO of TVN Entertainment...

British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) must now replace 90,000 Sky+ HD boxes that have reportedly suffered from an assembly flaw that was not caught by manufacturers prior to shipping. The faulty boxes were created by electronic manufacturer Pace, and affects just one in 10 of Sky HD+ customers.

n a continuation of last week, Verizon spent most of its time this week adding high-def channels to existing FiOS TV markets. We're sure those who already have FiOS are stoked to hear that, while the rest of us are grumbling with a hint of envy in our voices.