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Ladies and Gentlemen – It's Shark Week

Discovery Channel's yearly celebration of all things shark is on now.

If you only turn to the Discovery Channel one time this year, make sure this is the time. You'll get the chance to see some of the greatest shark footage ever captured, including six brand new programs.

Shark Week has been running since 1987 and it's only been getting better. This year is no exception.

The show 'Shark Bites: Adventures in Shark Week' puts Shark Week and Late, Late Show host Craig Ferguson face to face with sharks while showing some of the series' best clips. 'Shark Attack Survival Guide' is, what else, a guide to surviving shark attacks.

'Into the Shark Bite' is something totally new, and potentially very cool. You'll get to see video of sharks eating and attacking – par for the course for Shark Week. What's different is that you'll be seeing all of this from inside the shark's mouth. Seriously.

Finally, Shark Week would be incomplete without an installment of the 'Air Jaws' series – a show that reveals the incredible behavior of everyone's favorite shark. If you haven't seen it, it can be explained simply. It's a show about great white sharks jumping into the air in super slow motion. It's a sight to behold.

Source: Discovery Channel

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Starz Set to Launch Five New HD Channels

Due out mid 2010, the expansion ups Starz HD offerings to nine high definition channels.

The lineup of new HD channels from the movie provider will include Stars Cinema HD, Starz in Black HD, IndiePlex HD, RetroplexHD and a west coast feed for Encore HD. All are presented in high definition, and with 5.1 channel audio Dolby Digital.

Ed Huguez, executive VP of sales and marketing for Starz says that thanks to the addition of HD channels in the past, their viewership, subscriber counts and customer satisfaction have been up significantly. Not surprisingly, he’s happy to see more HD Starz channels get out there. "We are pleased to extend the high definition reach of our channels next year and will begin working with our cable, satellite and Telco affiliates to bring them to consumers in the future,” he says.

No word yet on what channels will be available with what services, but expect to hear more before the speculated early to mid 2010 launch date.

Source: Press Release

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