Broadcasting & Cable - January 25, 2004

Certainly, HDNet and sister HD Movie Net do not have the brand-name cachet of ESPN HD or Discovery HD Theater, or the same built-in programming pipeline. But Internet entrepreneur Mark Cuban, who launched the two networks, figures he's well ahead of most of his cable competition. Whereas some channels mix HD and standard-definition programming, on HDNet, everything is HD, says Cuban, also the o...

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