DISH Launches HD Locals in More Markets

DISH has announced the availability of high-def local channels in Denver and Nashville, to go along with initial deployments in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.

DISH's basic HD package costs $49.99 a month, which includes its America's Top 60 package along with a variety of HD channels (listed below) and the local HD broadcast nets in the select markets. To get the HD locals as well as ESPN2 HD, customers need to buy or upgrade to the new MPEG-4 satellite HD system and receiver. HBO HD and Showtime HD are also available to customers of those premium channels.

• Discovery HD Theater
• ESPN HD
• ESPN2 HD
• HDNet
• HDNet Movies
• NBA TV HD
• TNT HD
• Universal HD
• The VOOM 15