Media
History Channel planning HD service
Published Friday, Dec 23 2005, 11:27 GMT | By Neil Wilkes

Line of Fire
The broadcaster is already gathering HD content for the station, such as its Line of Fire series, but is unlikely to be ready in time for the launch of Sky HD in April.
National Geographic has confirmed it will launch a service as part of Sky's HD package; other third party broadcasters prepping HD content include Discovery and MTV.
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