Radio / Television News

UPDATE: The news in HD – on SportsCentre

TORONTO – "We want to be the driver of HD," TSN president Phil King told www.cartt.ca Monday afternoon after the sports network announced today it will offer its flagship news and information show, SportsCentre, in high definition beginning in September. And since "news is very habit-forming," says King, TSN wants to make sure it holds on to those early-adopting HDTV sports consumers. The switch will happen Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006, beginning with the delivery of its entire studio portion in HD as well as the rollout of select reports and highlights from the field. Over time, the entire SportsCentre production...