Super Bowl, NBA, NHL Set For HDTV Broadcasts

[Gregg Lengling]

 The ABC Television Network will broadcast the Super Bowl in high-definition format this year, and also plans HDTV coverage of the National Basketball Association (NBA) finals and the Stanley Cup this season.

The network will also broadcast the 2003-04 season of "Monday Night Football" in HDTV.

At the same time, sister network ESPN announced plans to provide a high-definition simulcast service of its premier network ESPN starting in April of 2003. ESPN HD will include in its first year 100 live HDTV telecasts games from Major League Baseball, the NBA, the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL).

Like the ABC Broadcast Network, ESPN will transmit its HDTV telecasts in the 720p format. Disney owns both networks.

George Bodenheimer, ESPN president, said the HDTV channel would be offered to both cable and satellite providers.

In addition ESPN will carry in HDTV a variety of ESPN Original Entertainment proprietary programming including the X Games, Great Outdoors Games programming and the ESPY Awards. Other ESPN HD events will include live college championship events including the Women's Final Four and the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament.

ABC, meanwhile, will air Super Bowl XXXVII on Jan. 26, 2003. The NBA Finals are scheduled for June 4-18, 2003, and the Stanley Cup for May 31-June 9, 2003.

ABC broadcasts the majority of its film-based primetime schedule in the HDTV 720p format.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
glengling@ameritech.net

[mcq]

Does the DTC-100 do 720P...I forgot... since it's been soooo loooong since I bought it and without much content to view

[This message has been edited by mcq (edited 10-01-2002).]

[Gregg Lengling]

Yep!

[mcq]

Found the answer I was looking for.... The DTC-100 may be old (lol) but capable

"The HD Monitor output preserves the horizontal resolution of the broadcast, which for standard definition digital broadcasts may be up to 720 pixels per line and for high definition broadcasts may reach 1920 pixels per line. The vertical output of the HD Monitor output will be either 540p (progressive) or 1080i (interlaced) depending upon the input format. Specifically, both 720p and 1080i inputs are output as 1080i; all other formats are output as 540p."

[kermtfrg]

So what are the chances of TW carrying ABC-HD by the Super Bowl?  

TMJ4-HD is coming to TW soon so I can't justify spending $400 on a STB so I can watch a couple of channels in HD.