NYC Time Warner to add 21 HD channels on April 30

[Skaggs]

Time Warner to Add 21 HD Channels In NYC
The additions are scheduled for April 30.
By Swanni

Washington, D.C. (March 24, 2008) -- Time Warner has announced that it will add 21 new High-Definition channels in the New York area on April 30.

The new HD channels will be added to Time Warner local systems in Manhattan, Brooklyn Queens and Mount Vernon.

With the 21 new channels, Time Warner Cable will offer roughly 45 high-def channels in the New York area, about half of what's offered by DIRECTV but more than most other cable services.

The new high-def channels that will be added on April 30 are:

A&E HD
ABC Family HD
Animal Planet HD
CNN HD
Discovery HD

Disney HD
Food Network HD
HGTV HD
History Channel HD
The Learning Channel HD

Lifetime Movies HD
MHD
NHL Network HD
NY1 HD
Science Channel HD

Speed Channel HD
TMC HD
Weather Channel HD
ESPNews HD
Toon Disney HD
Versus/Golf HD

[Skaggs]

The only ones we don't currently have here in Albany are:
ABC Family HD
Disney HD
NY1 HD
Speed Channel HD
ESPNews HD
Toon Disney HD

[shanedude]

If we get SpeedHD & Comedy Central then I will be satisfied with my HD channels. Now that I can get my Discovery channels, boxing, Yankees, History, CNN, and Hockey I am able to watch everything in HD and almost never tune off the 1800 series of channels. Now if I could just buy a package with nothing other than the 1800 channels . Even changed which local news I watch from 13 to 1806 although I still watch Leno over Letterman.

Hint, Hint WNYT, Its time to make the move to local news in HD! And TW, give me Speed and I have to reason to look elsewhere!

[dkennedy]

Home of Free HD: Now Even More High Definition Channels and Enhanced HDTV coming to New York & New Jersey

April 3, 2008

PRNewswire

Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey is poised to carry 100 High Definition (HD) channels and add more than 250 HD On Demand choices by the end of 2008 across the company's service area, starting with a total of 50 on April 30.

On April 30, the company plans to launch the following 50 channels to all of its digital customers in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Later this year, all channels will be available to digital customers in Manhattan, New Jersey, the Hudson Valley region and Mt. Vernon.

Free with Digital Service

A&E HD
ABC Family HD
Animal Planet HD
CNN HD
Discovery HD
Disney HD
ESPN HD
ESPN2 HD
ESPN NEWS HD
Food Network HD
Fox Business News HD
Fox News HD
Hallmark Movie Channel HD
HD Theater (Discovery)
HGTV HD
History Channel HD
The Learning Channel HD
Lifetime Movie Network HD
M HD
MSG HD
MSG+ HD
National Geographic HD
NY1 HD
Science Channel HD
SportsNet New York HD
TBS HD
TNT HD
Toon Disney HD
Travel Channel HD
Universal HD
Versus/Golf HD
WABC HD
WCBS HD
Weather Channel HD
WNBC HD
WNET - Thirteen HD
WNYW Fox HD
WPIX - CW HD
WWOR - My Network HD
YES HD

Free With Sports Packages
MLB HD
NHL HD

HD Premium Tier
HD Net
HD Net Movies
Mojo HD

Free with Premium Services
HBO HD
Cinemax HD
SHOWTIME HD
The Movie Channel HD
Starz HD

Pay Per View
HD PPV

Over the next year in an area-by-area rollout, Time Warner Cable of NY/NJ will launch "Enhanced HDTV" which includes the cable-exclusive Start Over(R) service for standard and high definition programs. Start Over(R) is a service that allows customers to start a program over during its allotted time slot without the need for a DVR. Customers with HD set-tops will be able to "Start Over" more than 13,000 standard definition and 1,500 HD choices a month with the click of a button at no additional charge. By augmenting its HD content offerings with Enhanced HD features, Time Warner Cable offers a combination of HD content and features unparalleled by any competing video or internet provider. Channel locations will be available on our website at the end of this month. Visit timewarnercable.com/nynj.

"By delivering the most HD choices and Enhanced HD for free to its Digital Cable customers, Time Warner Cable reaffirms our position as the preeminent multimedia provider in New York City," stated Howard Szarfarc, Executive Vice President for the company's New York City region. "The added capacity for HD channels and content didn't require significant upgrade expenditures or labor costs, and reflects the robust and flexible nature of our existing advanced fiber network."

"Unlike with DIRECTV(R), DISH(R) and some telecommunications companies which charge extra for these HD services, our customers can watch what they want, when they want, in HD ... for free," added Szarfarc. Current digital customers can upgrade to an HD set-top at no additional cost. With the vast majority of our HD channels included free with digital service, Time Warner Cable offers the easiest transition to and best value in HD of any provider today.

About Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey
Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey serves over 1.4 million customers in four NYC boroughs (Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn), Mt. Vernon, Hudson Valley (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties and parts of Dutchess, Greene and Delaware Counties) and Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Visit timewarnercable.com/nynj

Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located mainly in five geographic areas - New York State (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. As of December 31, 2007, Time Warner Cable served approximately 14.6 million customers who subscribed to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services.

Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey

CONTACT: Harriet Novet, [phone], [e-mail], ofTime Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey

[xzi]

I am so sick of TW's statement of "Free HD" and now it gets worse... "Free with Digital Teir" and "Free with Sports Package" and "Free With Premium Teir"

That's NOT a real thing, sorry. That's like AOL's "50 Free Hours" when you pay $20/mo.

[adam]

Yeah I think it is interesting how they say "free" and "no additional cost" talking about the same thing, like they mean the same thing, which they don't.

[scott]

Fox News HD? Has that even launched yet?