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2008 HD College Football on ABC, ESPN/2 & ESPNU

Months after the announcement about the launch of ESPNU HD, we have added the first high definition 2008 college football games which will air on the network. In fact, we received confirmation from our contact at ESPN that ALL Live 2008 NCAA Football games scheduled for ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN U and ABC will be available in high definition.

TBS and ESPN Sunday Baseball Schedule Updates

We recently received updates from ESPN and TBS with additional games added to their early June, Sunday baseball national coverage. For June 1st, ESPN has added the Dodgers at Mets and TBS added Florida at Philadelphia. On June 8th, ESPN will once again feature the Dodgers, who host the Cubs, but TBS has not yet released their pick that week.

U.S. Open in 2009 to air on ESPN2 / Tennis Ch.

Starting in 2009, the U.S. Open Tennis Championship will be shown on ESPN 2 and Tennis Channel, instead of USA Network. According to Multichannel News, a new deal is expected to be announced today, with ESPN2 airing 100 hours of live coverage and Tennis Channel airing 60 hours a year. The deal will go from 2009 through 2014.

AFL Monday Night Football to be “Live Wired”

In another attempt to convert NFL football fans to the Arena Football League, ESPN2 will present a special “Live Wired” version of the Monday Night AFL Game, with players coaches and a referee wired up for sound. The only thing left for ESPN to do is wire up some cheerleaders for sound and change the name of the league to the XAFL.

CBS College Sports & ESPNU to offer HD Football

CBS College Sports, formerly known as CSTV, is currently available in high definition on DirecTV and should be available soon on other carriers. When you combine this with the launch of ESPN U HD in August, we can start dreaming about the number of weekly high def college football games we will have available this fall.

NFL Draft HD Coverage on ESPN (sort of)

Since we received confirmation from the NFL Network that they will not be broadcasting the Draft in HD, we have been looking for information about ESPN HD’s plans. Well… it does not appear the coverage will be shot in HD, but (based on pre-draft coverage), at least they are making good use of the screen real estate.

ESPN and ESPN 2 to Carry Four NIT Basketball Games in HD

The 2008 NIT, National Invitational Tournament, will be carried in its entirety on the ESPN family of networks. However, we have confirmed that only four high definition games will be available on ESPN and ESPN2.

Pac-10, Big Ten and Big East Tournaments full coverage in HD

Following our post last week about the complete coverage of the 2008 ACC Tournament in HD, we have now confirmed that all games of the Men’s Pac-10, Big Ten and Big East Tournaments will also be available in high definition.


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