ESPN Expands HD Lineup

Good news for those who love their sporting events and sports talk shows in HD!!! 

ESPN, the soon-to-be worldwide leader in HD sports, has announced that it will broadcast most all NASCAR, NBA, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, college football, and NFL Monday Night Football broadcasts in HDTV.  ESPN says it will also air approximately 150 college basketball games in high-def this year.

The high-def games will be on ESPN HD and ESPN 2 HD.

As for the cost of theHDTV expansion, Bryan Burns, ESPN’s vice president for strategic business planning and development, told Broadcasting & Cable that it’s “far less than it was when we started this four years ago. Then, it was massive.”

ESPN will also air 1st and 10 and Cold Pizza in high-def in June, joining shows like SportsCenter, NFL Countdown, and Baseball Tonight on the list of ESPN shows boradcast in HD.