Will DIRECTV Add Al Jazeera In HD This Week?
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (October 26, 2015) - DIRECTV has added a High-Definition listing for the Al Jazeera news channel in its mobile programming guides on smart phones and tablets.
The problem with that? Al Jazeera isn't available in high-def on DIRECTV. The channel, which features news coverage from an Arab-American perspective, is only in standard-definition (channel 347) in the satcaster's lineup.
However, DIRECTV has been known to include a HD listing in the mobile guides a few days before the channel is actually added in high-def. For instance, Fuse HD was added to the mobile listings on September 23 and officially added as a high-def channel just a week later.
In addition to the guide listing, DIRECTV publicly agreed to add Al Jazeera in high-def at some point after the two companies agreed to settle a long-standing legal dispute.
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (October 26, 2015) - DIRECTV has added a High-Definition listing for the Al Jazeera news channel in its mobile programming guides on smart phones and tablets.
The problem with that? Al Jazeera isn't available in high-def on DIRECTV. The channel, which features news coverage from an Arab-American perspective, is only in standard-definition (channel 347) in the satcaster's lineup.
However, DIRECTV has been known to include a HD listing in the mobile guides a few days before the channel is actually added in high-def. For instance, Fuse HD was added to the mobile listings on September 23 and officially added as a high-def channel just a week later.
In addition to the guide listing, DIRECTV publicly agreed to add Al Jazeera in high-def at some point after the two companies agreed to settle a long-standing legal dispute.