The Eurosport Group has reached an agreement with Championship Gaming Series (CGS), a Video Game league launched last year by a joint venture among BSkyB, DIRECTV and STAR. The deal will give Eurosport exclusive broadcast rights for CGS in Europe.
Eurosport Signs deal with CGS
After Time Warner Cable added new High-Definition channels in New Jersey and New York area earlier this month, the cable operator is planning to add six new HD channels in Middletown, Newburgh, Kingston and Poughkeepsie areas, More on Time Warner new HD channel
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Country’s largest cable operator Comcast has included five new high-definition channels in Baltimore, Maryland area. With this addition, Comcast now has 36 HD channels in this area. Comcast is planning for aggressive expansion of HD channels in Southern Maryland area. All these new addition and expansion plans are to keep up the competition with DirecTV
Comcast Five New HD Channels
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Comcast started its local HD expansion and delivering new high-definition channels in many areas. Comcast customers in Seattle will get three new HD channels. The new channels will be added from April 23 in these areas
Comcast new HD channels in seattle area
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According to an article by the Peoria Journal Star, Comcast will add more than 20 channels in high-definition in central Illinois. Apart from ABC Family in HD and Disney Channel HD added on Comcast HD line-up from April 1 and there are plans to add more than 20 HD channels before April end
Comcasts New 20 HD channels in central Illinois
Time Warner Cable is planning to bring six new high definition channels in Manhattan on April 30.Tthe cable operator’s local systems will add about 100 channels before the end of the year in New Jersey and New York areas
Time Warner’s Six New HD channels in Manhattan
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Los Angeles based The Los Angeles Dodgers is planning to offer more than 150 games in 2008. This will include 100 games in high-definition from FSN PRIME TICKET and 50 games in high-definition from KCAL (CBS). Apart from PRIME TICKET and KCAL, Fox and ESPN will complete the schedule with their national and regional telecasts.
Here is More on the story 150 Los Angeles Dodgers games
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ESPN covers first two rounds of 2008 Masters Golf Tournament (commonly known as The Masters or The US Masters) played at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta. ESPN has huge plans to present the event as this will be the first year for ESPN to bring Live
Coverage. ESPN with its family networks like ESPN HD, ESPN International, ESPN Deportes, ESPNEWS and ESPN Classic will present the Tournament.
More on ESPN’s The Masters Coverage
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DirecTV offers Free preview of its ‘MLB Extra Innings’ package starting from March 31 to April 6 on channels 720—749. Many of the Extra Innings preview are to be in high-definition. If the subscribers signs for the MLB Extra Innings package before April 6, the satcaster is charging $179 for its exclusive coverage of Extra Innings games.
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Championship Gaming Series (CGS), a Video Game league launched last year by the leading satellite provider DirecTV targeting 18 to 24 year old consumers was a grand success. The satcaster joined with BSkyB and Star from Asia and has franchises all over the world attracted young ones worldwide targeting the $7.5 billion market
Learn on CGS 2008 Pan-Asia Final
