The programming of Thirteen/WNET New York, the flagship public broadcaster in the New York area, can now be seen on EchoStar Communications Corporation's DISH Network. With 6 million customers, DISH Network is the fastest growing satellite television provider in the nation. DISH Network customers in 29 New York area counties can view Thirteen's programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week on channel 237.

The first NHL game in HDTV was broadcast last night (October 4, 2001) with an amazing 1080I picture. Keeping in mind that the format of HDTV is just really starting to take off, this broadcast was very significant to sports fans (at least the ones with the most high tech TVs) all around the country tuned into Channel 199 on DirecTV to watch the action between the LA Kings and the Phoenix Coyotes.

It is that time of year again. It is the time for a new season of NHL Hockey. Just think about it…. the blood, the guts, the scoring action, the playoff race – I can’t stand the anticipation. This year the ante has been upped by broadcasting pioneer and Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban. For the 2001-02 season 65 NHL games will be broadcast in high quality HDTV on HDNet, channel 199 on DirecTV. Tonight’s game featuring the Los Angeles Kings versus the Phoenix Coyotes (10:30 EST) is the first of the broadcasts.

HDNet, the world's only all-high definition national television network, recently debuted on DirecTV channel 199 with a broadcast of the Minnesota Twins VS Texas Rangers, the first of 15 Major League Baseball games to be aired throughout the month. Founded by Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban and Philip Garvin, HDNet will expand in October from a limited schedule to a 16 hour-per-day, seven day-per-week schedule of sports and entertainment programming, all broadcast in high definition.

With an appropriately named first video from the Buggles called "Video Killed the Radio Star" and the visionary leadership of a then former radio program director and now AOL-Time Warner co-COO, Bob Pittman, MTV was more than a draw for teenagers to cable television, it defined how an entire generation is introduced to popular music. By adding visuals to popular music, MTV upped the ante for what it takes to become a MEGA-star in American and around the world. With records like the 49 times platinum selling Thriller from Michael Jackson and the rise of talent like Madonna, Duran Duran and countless others, MTV quickly surpassed FM radio as the way the youth, soon to be titled Gen X, would find new music. In later years MTV developed original non-music related content ranging from an early take on "reality TV" in 1992 ...