Hi-def service starts on Singapore cable.(PRODUCTS)

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52674) has announced the addition of HDTV Content Development in Asia: The Achievable Dream to their offering. With superior video and audio quality when compared to standard definition TV broadcasting, HDTV content is being marketed as premium content that has the potential to boost ......

For the cable industry, adding high-definition TV is no longer just a matter of cost versus building revenue. Networks now accept the next economic plus of HD: It's a profitable public relations move. By stepping up their HD programming, cable nets are improving their relationships with viewers who hunger for ......

Fox Networks Group plans to launch two high-definition networks early next year — an HDTV version of National Geographic Channel and Fox HD, which will draw from sporting events and popular TV series from broadcast network Fox, cable sister FX and other networks. “Our goal is to help sell the ......

Viacom Inc. plans to launch its first high-definition cable channel early next year — an HDTV version of its flagship service MTV: Music Television. On July 25, Viacom trademarked the brand “MHD,” which it said would contain “entertainment services, namely high-definition television programs featuring music, live action, drama, comedy, animation, ......

Verizon Communications — right along with the cable industry — has been feeling the heat from DirecTV's marketing campaign promising “up to 100” high-definition channels this year. To try to parry the satellite thrust, Verizon last week announced FiOS TV will deliver a lineup of 150 linear high-definition channels and ......

LAS VEGAS — DirecTV announced plans to launch the world's first professional video gamer's league, and gave an update on its efforts to add up to 100 national high-definition TV channels and up to 1,500 local HDTV channels starting around the third quarter of 2007. The video gaming league, called ......

If high-definition television looks so great and great-looking commercials sell product, why aren’t there more commercials in HD? Mainly because, even though HD retail sales are popping, at best, fewer than two out of 10 U.S. homes have HDTV. So, for the most part, HD ads gravitate to a handful ......