Bravo HD+ to present 65 hours of 2004 US Open Tennis in HDTV!

[Sean Mota]

This was posted by Ken H on AVSforum. Great news for Bravo HD+. Finally we get to see something good on Bravo HD+

AVSforum Thread


Englewood Cliffs, NJ- July 27, 2004 - NBC Universal Cable today announced plans to present 65 ½ live HD hours of USA Network's coverage of the US Open, one of the most prestigious championships in professional tennis, on Bravo HD+, NBC Universal's first cable network dedicated to the delivery of high-definition (HD) content. The USA Network produced coverage on Bravo HD+ marks a substantial expansion over last year's 36 hours of HD coverage of the US Open.

Bravo HD+ will offer a simulcast of USA Network's primetime schedule (7:00-11:00 p.m.) for the first week of the tournament beginning Aug. 30 with the opening rounds of the men's and women's singles tournament. In the second week, beginning on Labor Day, Bravo HD+ will offer full coverage every day leading up to the women's doubles final on Sept. 12 at 1:00 p.m. ET. This new HD offering of the men's and women's final tennis Grand Slam event of the year is in response to the cable industry's accelerated demand for high quality programming in true HD.

 

[deArgila]

I'm so excited about this - it makes up a lot of ground that BravoHD+ lost when they announced that no Olympic HD coverage would be on it.

 

[Ilya]

Bravo HD+ will offer a simulcast of USA Network's primetime schedule (7:00-11:00 p.m.) for the first week of the tournament beginning Aug. 30 with the opening rounds of the men's and women's singles tournament. In the second week, beginning on Labor Day, Bravo HD+ will offer full coverage every day leading up to the women's doubles final on Sept. 12 at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Excellent news! Bravo!!!

 

[squicken]

The real US Open has already come and gone with no HD coverage. But I guess this is good in that there will be less Craig David and Cirque Du Soleil reruns.

 

[Dvlos]

Awesome hopefully from now until 2006 there will be some way to watch the Soccer World Cup in HD.

 

[ROLLZROYCE]

Like I said before..

MARIA SHARAPOVA in HD!

 

[Technut]

Ditto!!!!!!

Like I said before..

MARIA SHARAPOVA in HD!

Maris's countdown clock

 

[ROLLZROYCE]

LOL, that is awesome, The Olsen twins are finally legal so now we found a new minor to eyehump.

If only we had a DVR to pause/rewind

 

[barth2k]

LOL, that is awesome, The Olsen twins are finally legal so now we found a new minor to eyehump.

If only we had a DVR to pause/rewind

EYEHUMP? Oh so there's A NAME to my hobby

Next stop: submission to the IOC!