This week Verizon's taken some time off from its expansionist FiOS TV policies, instead highlighting the upcoming UEFA Champions League playoffs subscribers can catch on ESPN 360, and a new multiyear deal making it the first distributor to offer Yankees games on-demand from the YES Network. Otherwise, we've got the obligatory response to the FCC's national broadband plans, we'll be back next week to see if there's any new rollouts to speak of.

Read - Verizon and ESPN360.com Bring High-Powered European Soccer League Playoffs to American Online Audience
Read - Verizon Statement on FCC Broadband Plan
Read - YES Network and Verizon Reach Multiyear Video-on-Demand Agreement

Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say!

Read - EchoStar ViP-TV Launches Conversion Program for IP-Prime Video Transport Customers
Read - CableOne to add four channels to lineup in TN
Read - MASN in HD on FiOS [Thanks, Kevin]
Read - Cincinnati Reds TV schedule features HDTV
Read - WPLG-TV to broadcast HD news [Thanks, Eric]
Read - Comcast to add 10 SD, 28 HD channels in Houston [Thanks, Joe]

Not much to report on the FiOS TV front this week, but we couldn't resist passing along two nuggets that are definitely pertinent for folks looking for more local content or residing in Marblehead, Massachusetts. As for the former, a spokesman has reportedly revealed that Verizon wants to "offer local television services in markets beyond the Washington DC metropolitan area," and we're hearing that the New York market may be one of the first to take part outside of the DC area. As for the latter, the Marblehead Board of Selectmen have granted a cable franchise to the carrier, paving the way for FiOS TV to become available soon. Here's hoping for a bit more action over the next seven days!

Read - Local TV expansion
Read - Marblehead, MA expansion

We'll be honest -- Verizon didn't give us much to yap about this week in the world of FiOS TV. That said, we're sure the residents of Clay, New York are elated to hear that FiOS TV will soon be on its way, while unemployed individuals in Roanoke and Richmond, Virginia can try their hand as a Verizon CSR if they so choose. Here's hoping for more on this front next week, but till then, you can dig in to the most recent happenings below.

Read - FiOS TV to Clay, New York
Read - FiOS internet to Windfall, Indiana
Read - Jobs in Roanoke, VA
Read - Jobs in Richmond, VA

Good to see some life in ya, Verizon -- for a minute there, we were getting a touch worried. This week, the fiber carrier has has announced that small businesses can order up FiOS TV For Business for as low as $12.99 per month, not to mention that another Maryland town is granting the company a cable franchise. Also of note, MLB Network HD and MLB Extra Innings have arrived in time for baseball season, while more Sony and Turner Networks VOD programming should be hitting each and every FiOS TV neighborhood. Not a bad week! 'Til this time seven days from now, stay classy.

Read - FiOS TV For Business
Read - FiOS TV coming to Aberdeen, Maryland
Read - MLB Network HD / MLB Extra Innings
Read - FiOS TV gets Sony / Turner Networks VOD

Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say!

Read - CableOne manager declines meeting with city committee
Read - Time Warner Cable adds more HD channels (Buffalo, NY)
Read - Charter adds HD USA, Nat. Geo (Tenn.)
Read - Bright House is adding Speed HD in Orlando, FL
Read - DirecTV's SXSW Lineup
Read - Charter Offers Free On Demand Sneak Previews
Read - ATMC adds Lifetime HD and Major League Baseball HD in North Carolina
Read - DISH Network Terminates Retailers
Read - DISH Network Announces Expansion Of Local HD Markets [Thanks, Kevin and Nate]
Read - DirecTV's Bracket Breakdown
Read - More Comcast HD in Oregon [Thanks, Brad and Scott]

Apparently Verizon has rid itself of the obsessive need to add Golf Channel HD to every area it serves, but in doing so, it also rid itself of the desire to do just about anything else FiOS TV-related. This week, we're seeing the fiber-based service spread to three new JPI apartment buildings in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Riverfront neighborhood along with the opening of a FiOS Services store in Yonkers, New York. Outside of that, all's quiet on the FiOS TV front. 'Til next week, stay classy, planet Earth.

Read - Store in Yonkers
Read - Washington, D.C. expansion

Look out, pay-TV providers -- AT&T just broke out the big stick and announced that it's now beaming at least 100 high-def channels in every last one of its markets. In fact, that's more HD channels than any local cable competitor in any existing U-verse market. Just in case you were wondering, customers won't be dinged any extra for the new additions, with HD service being included with the U450 tier and available for $10 per month with any other U-verse TV package. So yeah, we're stoked as can be for those with access to this stuff, but can we get a little market expansion going on now that the century mark has been passed?

Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say!

• Read - Prime Time Communications Brings Digital Triple Play to Utah
• Read - Suddenlink adds 2 local HD channels
• Read - Actiontec Announces VDSL2 Field Trials With Major North American Carriers
• Read - DirecTV adds a few local HD channels
• Read - Comcast Brings In Spanish Programs From Central, South America For U.S. Viewers
• AT&T adds five new channels in HD to U-verse TV [Thanks, Sean]
• FOX converts DC, Dallas and Orlando news stations to HD [Thanks, Eric]

There hasn't been a lot of FiOS TV expansion since the year became 2009, but those in existing areas have definitely been seeing new material. To that end, we've got a number of locales getting Golf Channel HD this week along with 60 new job openings for a New Jersey support center. Per usual, the details are below. We'll see you right back here next week -- here's hoping some good news hits your neighborhood within the next seven days.

Read - New jobs in New Jersey
Read - Golf Channel HD in North Texas
Read - Golf Channel HD in Massachusetts
Read - Golf Channel HD in Rhode Island

Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say!

• Read - WENY to add hi-def channels, CBS soon
• Read - AT&T U-verse Arrives in Colchester, Portland and Salem
• Read - First batch of new Bright House channels
• Read - Charter has no plans to restore Nashville stations to lineup
• Read - National Geographic Channels International And Parthenon Celebrate Ten Year Output Deal
• Read - Cox Communications to Add 5 New HD Channels
• Read - TWC adds new HD channels in Cleveland, Ohio [Thanks, Roosevelt]
• TWC adds four HD channels in Austin, Texas [Thanks, Brandon and Chad]

This week, Verizon has landed agreements to spread its FiOS TV services to more of Maryland and Virginia, while beefing up the channel lineups in other areas. It also managed to lay plans to open a new customer service and support center in New Jersey, which -- given the current economy -- deserves its own attention. We'll see you right back here next week -- here's hoping some good news hits your neighborhood within the next seven days.

Read - Maryland expansion
Read - Virginia expansion
Read - 14 new channels in New Jersey
Read - Golf Channel HD comes to Tampa Bay
Read - New service center in New Jersey
Read - 18 new channels in California

Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say!

• Read - Time Warner Cable Offering 100 HD Channels In NYC
• Read - TWC adds to Hilton Head Island lineup
• Read - NRTC Announces 'Rate Freeze' for IPTV Expanded Basic Programming Package
• Read - ACS cable customers get new channels
• Read - AT&T expands U-verse in So Cal
• Read - NRTC and NTCA Now Offer More Than 80 High-Definition Channels
• Read - CSN to air 147 Oakland games
• Read - MASN To Expand Its HD Programming
• Read - BHN adding 14 channels in 14 days in Florida [Thanks, Eddie]
• Read - Cablevision to add three more HD Channels [Thanks, Rich]
• Read - Free NASCAR HotPass on DirecTV [Thanks, Vanbrothers]
• Read - Lafayette Utility Systems releases HD lineup for local fiber service [Thanks, Michael C.]
• Read - Hallmark HD going Simulcast on February 18th, 2009 [Thanks, Michael]
• Cox Kansas adds E!, Comedy Central and MLB Network in HD [Thanks, Kevin]
• AT&T adds G4HD, StyleHD, etc. in Austin, TX [Thanks, Eddie]
• Comcast adds 18 new HD channels in Burlington, Vermont [Thanks, Lou]

Verizon's FiOS TV expansion team evidently took the week off, but the golfers sure showed up en masse. The Golf Channel HD landed in four separate FiOS markets, while Verizon's video-on-demand is expecting to keep lovebirds entertained today should they choose to "stay in." We'll see you right back here next -- here's hoping some good news hits your neighborhood within the next seven days.

Read - Golf Channel HD in Richmond, Hampton Roads
Read - Golf Channel HD in Maryland, Virginia
Read - Golf Channel HD in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware
Read - Golf Channel HD in New York Metro Area
Read - Cupid Home-Delivers Romance on Valentine's Day With Help From Verizon's FiOS TV Video on Demand

It's been a busy, busy week in the world of high-def channel expansion here in the US of A, and we've rounded up the newcomers, the dropouts and the switcheroos as best we could below. If we missed a station or two in your neck of the woods, feel free to broadcast it in comments below.

• Read - DISH drops Smithsonian HD, adds C&I HD
• Read - FOX converts DC news to HD [Thanks, Eric]
• Read - FOX Business Signs Distribution Agreement with DISH Network
• Read - Fuel TV, FX HD and SPEED HD make their way to Cox
• Read - New Bright House Networks EPG
• AT&T's U-verse comes to Rome, Georgia [Thanks, Lee]
• Read - KDFI goes HD in Dallas, Texas [Thanks, Joe]
• Cox adds six HD stations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana [Thanks, Mr. Brown]
• TWC adds "tons" of new HD in South Manhattan [Thanks, Lee]
• Read - Palladia HD moving to U-verse Premium Tier [Thanks, Anthony]
• Cartoon, Bravo and CNBC come to Comcast Vermont in HD [Thanks, B. Marriner]
• Read - WMHT Albany goes HD on DirecTV [Thanks, Andrew]
• TWC Rochester adds Bravo, CNBC, SciFi and USA in HD [Thanks, Anthony]