NBC Nightly News Goes HD

The network will be the first to air the evening news in high-def.

By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (February 10, 2007) -- The NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams will begin broadcasting in High-Definition next month, TVPredictions.com has learned.NBC will be the first network to broadcast the evening news in HDTV. ABC and NBC now air their morning news shows in high-def.NBC sources tells TVPredictions.com that the network's Nightly News' HD debut may coincide with the launch of high-def news broadcasts at some NBC affiliates. The network is pushing their owned and operated stations to accelerate their HD news debuts.The network is also preparing to launch a high-def simulcast of MSNBC, but that is not expected until next year.

Brian Williams' evening newscast will go high-def.The sources could not confirm the exact launch date for the high-def Nightly News broadcast, but they said it would likely be mid to late March.There are approximately 30 local stations (for all networks) across the country that now produce their newscasts in high-def.