MSNBC, having missed the window to launch in HD for this year's election season, expects to have its high-definition simulcast ready for affiliates in the second quarter of 2009.
The news network had been aiming to launch its HD offering in the fourth quarter of 2008. That turned out to be "a little aggressive, MSNBC president Phil Griffin said.
"Look, I'd love to be in HD right now," he said. "The idea of the announcement before the election appealed to me. I pushed our guys hard."