History Goes HD in the U.K.

LONDON/NEW YORK, October 9: A&E Television Networks is
set to launch The History Channel HD in the U.K. and Ireland on BSkyB in the
fourth quarter of this year.

This is the first high-definition version of The History
Channel; an HD feed is slated to launch in the U.S. in 2007. The History
Channel HD on Sky HD will be programming by The History Channel U.K. and will
offer a separate schedule to the standard-definition format. The lineup
includes Engineering an Empire, Warrior
Empire: The Mughals, Lost Gods and The
Sahara, as well as HD presentations of The
Plague, The Crusades: Crescent & The Cross,
and Beyond the DaVinci Code.

The History Channel HD will join ten other HD channels on
Sky HD. They include two Sky Sports offerings, two Sky Movies channels, as well
as Artsworld HD and Discovery HD, among others.