Comcast to Preview “Planet Earth” in HD
March 12, 2007
An article in his week’s Multichannel News reports that Comcast will air an episode of the long-awaited Planet Earth miniseries, more than a week before its scheduled premeire on the Discovery Channel, in high-definition this Friday.
Multichannel News also reports that Discovery will debut the Planet Earth episode “Forests” on its Video on Demand channel on March 16. The on-demand episode of “Forests” will also include behind-the-scenes footage and scenes of upcoming episodes. Discovery’s on-demand channel is carried by several cable operators, but only Comcast is offering it in HD.
Planet Earth has been in production for five years and will include 11 one-hour episodes on nature subjects such as mountains, oceans, and forests. Planet Earth will premiere on the regular Discovery Channel on March 25.
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Dave Radius | March 29, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Only what problem, I cannot find the channel??!! I have Comcast Plus Digital HD – but WHAT is the channel number???
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