Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Today's High-Def Headlines

MTV Networks’ high-definition music channel MHD will change its name to Palladia effective Sept. 1. Palladia will offer more exclusive programming as part of its evolution, kicking off with “Outdoor Music Week” the first week of September. The lineup of outdoor music concerts will feature Madonna, Usher, Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Who, Green Day, Genesis, Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters, Kanye West, David Bowie, Snoop Dogg, Sugarland, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dierks Bentley, Hank Williams Jr., Queen, Will Smith and the Rolling Stones.

Verizon said today that it has added 23 new channels, including 18 in high-definition (HD), to its Pittsburg-area lineup. With the recent additions, Verizon said that its FiOS TV service now offers more HD channels than Comcast in the Pittsburg area. FiOS TV customers in the area now have more than 440 HD choices available at any time, with a total of 45 HD channels and more than 400 HD video-on-demand (VOD) titles offered each month.

Fujifilm bolstered its holiday line, due to ship in September, with its first digital camera to record HD movies. The S2000HD In a shift, two of three new cameras announced by Fujifilm today will accept only SDHC memory cards and not xD Picture Card memory. Previously, the company had incorporated dual memory card slots into all of its cameras.

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