CBS Doubles HD Coverage Of NFL
The network says it will show five or six games each week in high-def.
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2007) -- CBS says it will air five or six National Football League games each week during the 2007 season.
That's an increase from the network's 2006 offering of just three games a week in high-def.
Leslie Anne Wade, a network spokeswoman, told TVPredictions.com today that the network has decided to upgrade its high-def coverage.
"It will be up to six games a week," she said.
The additional HD broadcasts will bring CBS up to the same level as Fox, which also airs up to six NFL games a week in HD.
Both networks will sometimes carry seven or eight games a week, meaning some games will still not be in high-def.
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CBS was criticized by newspaper columnists and high-def owners last season for airing only three NFL games each week in High-Definition.
There will be more Tom Brady in high-def.
However, a top CBS executive told TVPredictions.com in November that the network was seriously considering adding more HD games in 2007.
"We're studying it," said Robert Seidel, CBS' vice president for engineering and advanced technology, said then. "Our goal is to add more (HDTV) games each year."
Now, the network has confirmed the HD expansion.
CBS is the home network to the American Football Conference while Fox has the rights to the National Football Conference.
http://www.tvpredictions.com/cbshd042307.htm
The network says it will show five or six games each week in high-def.
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2007) -- CBS says it will air five or six National Football League games each week during the 2007 season.
That's an increase from the network's 2006 offering of just three games a week in high-def.
Leslie Anne Wade, a network spokeswoman, told TVPredictions.com today that the network has decided to upgrade its high-def coverage.
"It will be up to six games a week," she said.
The additional HD broadcasts will bring CBS up to the same level as Fox, which also airs up to six NFL games a week in HD.
Both networks will sometimes carry seven or eight games a week, meaning some games will still not be in high-def.
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CBS was criticized by newspaper columnists and high-def owners last season for airing only three NFL games each week in High-Definition.
There will be more Tom Brady in high-def.
However, a top CBS executive told TVPredictions.com in November that the network was seriously considering adding more HD games in 2007.
"We're studying it," said Robert Seidel, CBS' vice president for engineering and advanced technology, said then. "Our goal is to add more (HDTV) games each year."
Now, the network has confirmed the HD expansion.
CBS is the home network to the American Football Conference while Fox has the rights to the National Football Conference.
http://www.tvpredictions.com/cbshd042307.htm
