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Monday, 02 October, 2006

BBC to launch HDTV channel in the US?

Accorind to an article in Multichannel News, the BBC says it may soon launch a high definition TV channel in the United States.

The publication reports that the HDTV channel would be part of a worldwide expansion by the BBC.

Darren Childs, BBC Worldwide’s managing director of global channels, says the network will be one of the world’s biggest producers of high definition content in three years.

“In terms of the channel initiatives, we’re also looking at HD,” Childs told Multichannel News. “We’re working very hard now to try and get a BBC HD service launched - whether that is a linear or nonlinear business is still to be decided. But the BBC is going to be one of the biggest producers of HD content in the world in three years. We make some of the best content in that HD format. And it just seems a natural for us to have a strong presence in one the biggest HD markets in the world, as well.”