Comcast Expands With more HD channels by mid April & More in June 2005
Despite the imminent loss of Discovery HD Theater as a client, Comcast has confidence that more programmers will use its facility; it is building out a space in its 305,000-square-foot transmission/production center that will be able to accommodate up to six HD or standard-def nets full time. That space will be open by mid-April, and a second space that can accommodate up to nine HD nets (using about 1,800 square feet of space) is slated for operation in June.
An in-house facility works best for programmers that can amortize their costs across multiple platforms such as digital and VOD, says Rob Jacobson, president and CEO of In Demand. "If you can't, outsourcing offers a lot of efficiencies at low or stable costs," he says. "Comcast had the infrastructure in place, so we didn't need to put one up ourselves."
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Despite the imminent loss of Discovery HD Theater as a client, Comcast has confidence that more programmers will use its facility; it is building out a space in its 305,000-square-foot transmission/production center that will be able to accommodate up to six HD or standard-def nets full time. That space will be open by mid-April, and a second space that can accommodate up to nine HD nets (using about 1,800 square feet of space) is slated for operation in June.
An in-house facility works best for programmers that can amortize their costs across multiple platforms such as digital and VOD, says Rob Jacobson, president and CEO of In Demand. "If you can't, outsourcing offers a lot of efficiencies at low or stable costs," he says. "Comcast had the infrastructure in place, so we didn't need to put one up ourselves."
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