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NASA Television Debuts Full-Time High Definition Channel
by Shane Sturgeon on July 15, 2010 Categories: Programming

NASA Television Debuts Full-Time High Definition Channel

NASA LogoWASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, July 19, NASA Television will launch a full-time High Definition (HD) channel that media, cable and satellite service providers can access for news content and coverage of agency missions and programs.

The channel will deliver HD video that only NASA can provide, such as live launch coverage of space shuttles and other spacecraft. The "ISS Update," a daily program covering the activities of the on-orbit International Space Station crews, will air on the new HD channel. Video of the Earth shot by crews on the station and from NASA satellites also will be available.

NASA's video file news feed, media conferences, lectures, satellite interviews and special events also will be delivered in HD. The NASA TV HD channel will be offered in MPEG-2 format.

For complete NASA TV downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Source: NASA

Posted by Shane Sturgeon, July 15, 2010 4:15 PM

Reader Commentary

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jameskelly • Jul 16, 10:50am
Very Nice. But knowing Directv, they won't add it. I'm still waiting for AMC HD....
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DavidEC • Jul 17, 2:21am
And I am waiting for BBC-American-HD...
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film11 • Jul 17, 7:34am
With the space program essentially ending...NOW they want to add an HD channel?...

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About Shane Sturgeon

Shane Sturgeon is the Co-Publisher and Chief Technologist of HDTV Magazine, an industry publication with HDTV roots going back to 1984, when Dale Cripps founded The HDTV Newsletter. Today, HDTV Magazine is a leading online resource for HDTV news and information and captures the eyes and imaginations of over 3 million visitors annually. Mr. Sturgeon has a background in information technology and has served in various consulting capacities for Fortune 500 companies such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Verizon Communications, Proctor & Gamble and Nationwide Insurance. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Wright State University.

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