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NEWS
the UK TV premieres of HBO shows including
Martin Scorsese's critically lauded prohibition
era drama Boardwalk Empire and The Wire
co-creator David Simon's new show, Treme.
N O R T H A M E R I C A
UNITED STATES
HDTV & 3D Programmes
DISH NETWORK ADDS AMC HD
Dish Network has launched the HD version of
cable network AMC. The channel features hit
series Mad Men, as well as programmes such as
Rubicon and Breaking Bad. It is free to America's
Top 200 and DishLatino Dos HD subscribers.
3D TV ACCOUNTS FOR 2.5% OF TV SALES
3-D TV so far has a small slice of the overall market,
accounting for about 2.5 percent of new TV sales in
the United States in the last quarter, according to a
survey by the market researcher iSuppli. According
to the research, 83 percent of survey respondents
who bought 3-D TVs were professed early adopters
— people who like to own the latest technology —
and half of them had annual household incomes of
USD 100.000 or more. A survey by Frank N. Magid
Associates shows that a quarter of consumers plan
to buy a 3-D-enabled set in the next 12 months.
FUNIMATION GOES HD
FUNimation Channel has launched a HD feed
broadcast in true HD along with new branding
across it's HD and SD platforms in conjunction
with an exclusive, expanded programming lineup
of the most popular anime titles available.
TIME WARNER LAUNCHES HDTV
SERVICE FOR HOTELS
New York - Hotels throughout Upstate New York
and New England now have a more cost-effective
way to deliver their guests HDTV programming,
thanks to the launch of a new product from Time
Warner Cable Business Class (TWCBC). The
company is now offering HD Video for Hospitality,
a dedicated service that enables hotels to
offer in-room HD without having to purchase,
install and maintain separate equipment within the
hotel. HD Video for Hospitality offers customers
a dedicated feed of 60 HD channels over Time
Warner Cable’s high-speed, fibre-optic network.
L A T I N A M E R I C A
BRAZIL
BRAZIL REACHES 581.000
HDTV SUBSCRIBERS
At the end of July, Brazil had 581.000 subscribers to
pay-TV HD channels, representing 7 percent of the
total 8.4 million pay-TV base. In 2008, when the service
was launched in the country, this percentage
was only 0.3%. Meanwhile, two leading operators,
Net and TVA, have launched new HD channels.
Net has added ESPN HD, TLC HD, Megapix HD,
TNT HD, Space HD, VH1 HD, NatGeo Wild HD and
Max HD, while TVA is providing NatGeo Wild HD.
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A S I A & P A C I F I C
INDIA
DISCOVERY TO LAUNCH 3D
CHANNEL IN INDIA
Discovery Networks Asia Pacific (DNAP) is set to
launch five new pay-TV networks in India, including
Discovery 3D and Investigation Discovery.
According to local reports, the broadcaster has
applied for a licence to launch five more channels
in the country: Discovery Kids, Military Channel,
Discovery Home And Health, as well as ID and
the aforementioned 3D network, early next year.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN HD
The Commonwealth Games (CWG) are likely
to spur the growth of HDTV in India, as Doordarshan
(DD) brought the event in high quality
digital format with cameras on land, in water
and from helicopters. A new channel - DD
HD – broadcast the event in HD format.
INDONESIA
FIRST MEDIA BRINGS HDTV TO INDONESIA
First Media has become the first local pay-TV
provider to offer HD programming. After a trial
run for 500 subscribers in August, the company
decided to permanently include two HD channels,
HBO and ESPN, in its cable package. The new
service requires the use of an HD-compatible
TV set and a set-top box, rented to subscribers
for an extra Rp 100,000 ($11) a month. The