This was posted by Fredfa at AVSforum (an excerpt from Broadcasting & Cable). Here is the thread: New HD content for Bravo HD?
Bravo HD+ launched last year with shows like The West Wing, Cirque de Soleil and performance specials. So far, Cablevision, Mediacom, Insight Communications, DirecTV and Voom offer the service, but major players Comcast, Time Warner and Cox haven't signed on. With additional high-profile content from USA and Sci Fi, the HD service could prove enticing to operators.
The channel's transition will happen slowly in the coming months.
NBC Universal has decided to simulcast USA's early-round U.S. Open tennis coverage on Bravo HD+, including prime time coverage of the tournament's first week, which kicks off Aug. 30. After Labor Day, Bravo HD+ will offer all of USA's tournament coverage, which runs through the Sept. 12 women's doubles final. In total, there will be 65.5 hours of HD tennis.
In coming months, USA's original series Monk or off-nets of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit might pop up. Sci Fi theatrical movies and originals like Stargate Atlantis could, too. Other possibilities: USA's popular Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the network's movie library. In addition, some Universal Television classics, such as Knight Rider and Quantum Leap, have been upconverted to HD.
In future, expect more of USA and Sci Fi's originals to be produced in HD.
Bravo HD+ launched last year with shows like The West Wing, Cirque de Soleil and performance specials. So far, Cablevision, Mediacom, Insight Communications, DirecTV and Voom offer the service, but major players Comcast, Time Warner and Cox haven't signed on. With additional high-profile content from USA and Sci Fi, the HD service could prove enticing to operators.
The channel's transition will happen slowly in the coming months.
NBC Universal has decided to simulcast USA's early-round U.S. Open tennis coverage on Bravo HD+, including prime time coverage of the tournament's first week, which kicks off Aug. 30. After Labor Day, Bravo HD+ will offer all of USA's tournament coverage, which runs through the Sept. 12 women's doubles final. In total, there will be 65.5 hours of HD tennis.
In coming months, USA's original series Monk or off-nets of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit might pop up. Sci Fi theatrical movies and originals like Stargate Atlantis could, too. Other possibilities: USA's popular Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the network's movie library. In addition, some Universal Television classics, such as Knight Rider and Quantum Leap, have been upconverted to HD.
In future, expect more of USA and Sci Fi's originals to be produced in HD.
I don't know why a provider won't just come out and tell us what's going on, then we may be inclined to hang around for it. :shocked Gee, what a revelation. 
