Smithsonian HD

[schneid]

Another D* vapor channel hyped. I wonder if, provided it exists, will be getting it too?

Smithsonian Networks Completes First Distribution Deal With DirecTV

 

[nlk10010]

Of course a question that exists with all "new" HD channels is: where are they getting the content from?

I suppose ScienceHD and DiscoveryHD are new, but a lot of their content is from DiscoveryHD theater. So to some extent you're getting a new channel but not much new content.

Smithsonian might be buying its shows from another network that had existing "HD" channels (e.g. A&E Networks, Discovery Networks) and, of course, one can expect that a lot of it won't be in any form of HD.


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[Sean Mota]

This channel will not be any good in the beginning. Maybe by next year it will have enough hd hours accumulated that you will see it all again in repeats.

 

[richiephx]

Unless any of these new channels create new programming for their own channels instead of buying existing programming from another network, what is the purpose other than to re-air programs that can be seen on another channel? Just what we need to pay extra for....more repeats.

 

[pdxsam]

Here's a more in depth article about the channel.

It was postponed from a launch last year to build up the HD library
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/23/AR2007092301104_pf.html