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On the heels of adding nearly 20 new and popular high-definition channels last month and 11 new Spanish-language channels already this month, Bright House Networks this week will add 13 new, popular HD channels.

Friday, the company added NHL Network HD (Channel No. 863), Tennis Channel HD (Channel No. 864), Outdoor Channel HD (Channel No. 865) and IFC HD (Channel No. 794). Today, Bright House Networks is adding BBC America HD (Channel No. 847), Style HD (Channel No. 860) and Headline News HD (Channel No. 726). Wednesday, Fuse HD (Channel No. 840), TV One HD (Channel No. 866) and G4 HD (Channel No. 810) will go live. And Friday, Bright House Networks will launch Investigation Discovery HD (Channel No. 804), MavTV HD (Channel No. 753) and NBA TV HD (Channel No. 862).

Also this month, Bright House Networks will launch a new on-screen service called Start Over. Interactive TV customers can utilize Start Over to restart, pause and rewind certain programming at any time during a program’s broadcast.

Starting today, Bright House Networks is adding 11 new Spanish-language channels to its central Indiana lineup. Bright House Networks president Buz Nesbit said the company continues to meet growing customer demand for Spanish-language programming. The new channels are:

Lo Mejor On Demand (Channel No. 449), Telemundo (Channel No. 450), Cine Latino (Channel No. 451), CNN en Espanol (Channel No. 452), Discovery en Espanol (Channel No. 453), History en Espanol (Channel No. 454), ESPN Deportes (Channel No. 455), Fox Sports en Espanol (Channel No. 456), EWTN Espanol (Channel No. 457), Canal Sur (Channel No. 458) and WAPA America (Channel No. 459).

Bright House Networks has again partnered with C-SPAN to encourage central Indiana students to explore national issues that are most on their minds by entering C-SPAN’s 2010 StudentCam video documentary competition. The national competition supported by Bright House Networks is now in its sixth year. Bright House Networks invites all middle school students in grades 6-8 and high school students in grades 9-12 to produce a five- to eight-minute video documentary and submit their work to the competition. 

Students are asked to produce their original documentary on either one of the nation’s greatest strengths or a specific challenge the country is facing.

C-SPAN will award a total of $50,000 in cash prizes this year, including 75 student awards and 11 teacher awards. The grand prize winner with the best overall entry will be awarded $5,000, with multiple cash prize awards of $3,000, $1,500, $750, $500, and $250, respectively, to students in both middle and high school categories.  

Entries must represent varying points of view and include C-SPAN video that supports the documentary’s topic. Students, working alone or in groups up to three, can upload an entry form and videos directly online at www.studentcam.org. Documentaries must be the original work of students; however, teachers may provide guidance and critiques. The deadline for entries is Wednesday, Jan. 20. Winners will be announced in March. Winning videos will air on C-SPAN in April. Educators can register for updates and view competition details at Bright House Networks’ StudentCam page.

Bright House Networks has extended its sponsorship of the Indiana Pacers for another four seasons, the company announced today. The renewed sponsorship, in effect this season through 2013, includes continued exclusive sponsorship of Legends presented by Bright House Networks inside Conseco Fieldhouse and being the presenting sponsor of the Indiana Pacemates.

A new Video On Demand channel on the Bright House Networks system will also be created as part of the sponsorship. Pacers On Demand will be on channel No. 633 and available soon. The channel will feature pre- and post-game interviews, player interviews, Pacer executive interviews, video of the Pacemates in action, Pacers community involvement and more. Programming will be on-demand programming, allowing Bright House customers to watch whatever the Pacers programming they choose whenever they want to watch.

In 2006, Bright House Networks first entered into a major, multi-year commitment to the Pacers by sponsoring Legends presented by Bright House Networks, the large, 600-plus limited-membership area that offers an exclusive, all-inclusive environment designed to meet business and entertainment needs with style, comfort and first-class amenities during Pacers games and other events at Conseco Fieldhouse.

If you live in central Indiana and have both high-speed Internet and phone service from Bright House Networks, by the end of the month you’ll have caller ID available on your computer.

It’s a new feature called Caller ID on PC and it doesn’t cost a cent extra to use. Caller ID on PC works on both Macs and PCs and gives you more phone features on your computer, including contacts, recent call history, voicemail on your computer and text messaging. All you have to do to have Caller ID on PC once it launches in this area is visit Bright House online and download and install Bright House Networks Easy Gadget with Caller ID on PC.

If you happen to be a Triple Play customer, once the new phone service launches you can enjoy Caller ID on your phone, TV and computer.