Dish Network’s rollout of local HDTV stations begins today
February 1st, 2006Dish Network’s rollout of local digital TV stations begins today. Broadcast network affiliates’ standard and high-definition signals will first be available to subscribers in the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston markets. By year’s end, the program should reach half the nation’s TV households.
The satellite provider, moving away from the MPEG-2 format, unveiled new MPEG-4 receivers last month:
The models include the VIP211 single-room box that receives HD and SD signals, the multiroom VR222 that shows an HD image on the main screen and SD [on] another set in the house. The top-of-the-line VIP622 is the company’s dual-tuner uber deck with a built-in 320-GB PVR that records 180 hours of high-definition shows. It, too, has multiroom capability.
• Link: TWICE
• Earlier: Dish Network adds HD local channels and Voom