Banking on the almost 19 million HDTV sets currently in U.S. homes, MTV Networks Music Group will launch a high-definition channel called MHD in January. The Viacom channel, unlike other recent
high-definition TV launches, including Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD, will be programmed independently rather than as a simulcast of a linear network. MTV Networks' affiliate sales team is
currently negotiating carriage of the channel.
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