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TBS, American cable TV owned by Time Warner said that they would launch high definition channel from 1st of Septemeber. DIRECTV will carry TDS on high definition from fourth quarter of this year.

“With the launch of TBS in HD, we will bring an outstanding line-up of comedy programming to our viewers in a video format that is on the fast track to becoming the industry and consumer standard,” said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. “We are extremely proud to bring TBS to the HD world.”

The HD lineup of TDS would be several original series like My Boys and The Bill Engvall Show, which are already shot in HD. TDS has rights to to broadcast early round games of Major League Baseball's playoff series in October.

DIRECTV entered agreement with Clearware corporation to offer distribution of high-speed Internet services. This will enable DIRECT TV to offer Clearware's high-speed Internet service to their customers and inturn Clearware will be able to offer video services to their customers. This will enable DIRECTV to offer high-speed Internet, video and voice in all current and future Clearwire markets.

Clearware which operates in 39 US markets and have about a Lakh subscribers will be capable in expanding its customer base by signing the agreement with DIRECT TV. "By expanding the reach of our services through DIRECTV, and by incorporating direct-to-home satellite video services in our own distribution channels, we believe we have an opportunity to significantly expand our business opportunity," Perry Satterlee, Clearwire president and chief operations officer, said in a statement.

DIRECT TV will also benefit with the deal as DIRECTV will be able to compete more directly with cable operators
and telephone companies that are offering high-speed Internet access plus TV service."Being able to offer services
on the Clearwire network will give our customers another high-quality option to subscribe to broadband services
with DirecTV's video offerings," Bruce Churchill, president of new enterprises at DirecT TV, said in a statement.

DIRECTV and their competitors are engaged in a public relations battle who has or who will be the most robust offering of HD programming. DIRECT TV has already said that it will broadcast 100HD Channels by the year end and already has 23 channels broadcasted in HD.

The premium cable programmer HBO Chairman and CEO Bill Nelson announced the high-definition expansion plan by them that they will start the HD expansion by the end of this year and complete by Mid of 2008. HBO which has TWO HD channels HBO HDTV launched in 1999 and Cinemax HDTV by 2003. Now they plan to broadcast all the 26channels to be made HD and this would end by second quarter of 2008.

DIRECTV spokesman Robert Mercer said that they will carry 10 of HBO HD CHANNELS adding to the HBO HDTV already carries.

DIRECT TV brings live program for the Boxing lovers in USA. The Cotto vs Judah pay-per-view programming would be telecasted at 9.00pm ET in Standard Definition on Channel 123. The same can be watched in High definition on Channel 98 at 9.00pm ET.