For the handful of Orange County residents who can even order AT&T U-verse, good news: 30 more HD channels will launch on Nov. 3.

Most of the new channels are available for no additional charge. And it’s heavy on sports — lots of Fox Sports channels (10 total), and Comcast Sports (3). List is below the jump.

That brings AT&T U-verse’s number of HD channels to 75, which tops that of Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications locally. 

While the HD service does cost an extra $10 per month, most of the new channels are free, like QVC and The Weather Channel.  U-verse is adding another HD plan for $5/month, which will include Universal HD, MGM HD and the Smithsonian Channel HD.

In addition to the new HD channels, U-verse is adding a few standard-definition channels, including The Outdoor Channel, NASA TV and WAPA America and V-me. Plus, lots of ethnic programming is coming Nov. 10.  See details below:

New HD channels coming Nov. 3: 

· @Max HD
· 5StarMax HD
· ActionMax HD
· Comcast SportsNet Chicago HD
· Comcast SportsNet New England HD
· Comcast SportsNet Southeast HD
· Encore HD
· Fox Business Network HD
· Fox News Channel HD
· FSN Detroit HD
· FSN Florida HD
· FSN Midwest (Kansas City) HD
· FSN Midwest (St. Louis) HD
· FSN Ohio (Cincinnati) HD
· FSN Ohio (Cleveland) HD
· FSN Prime Ticket HD
· FSN South HD
· FSN Southwest (Dallas) HD
· FSN Southwest (Houston) HD
· FX Network HD
· FX Network HD – West 
· Hallmark Movie Channel HD
· HBO Latino HD
· HBO Signature HD
· HBO Zone HD
· HBO2 West HD
· Lifetime Television HD
· Lifetime Television HD – West
· MoreMax HD
· Outdoor Channel HD
· OuterMax HD 
· Planet Green HD
· QVC HD
· Showtime 2 HD
· Showtime Extreme HD
· Showtime Showcase HD
· Speed HD
· SportsSouth HD
· SportsTime Ohio HD
· Starz Comedy HD
· Starz Edge HD
· Sun Sports HD
· The Travel Channel HD
· ThrillerMax HD
· TMC Xtra HD
· Weather Channel HD
· Wmax HD

New ethnic-programming packages will be available on Nov. 10. The new channels and packges are:

• Mandarin Package, featuring CCTV-4, CTI-Zhong Tian Channel, Phoenix InfoNews and Phoenix North American Chinese Channel, for $35 a month. CTI-Zhong Tian Channel can be ordered a la carte for $12 a month, and CCTV-4, Phoenix InfoNews and Phoenix North American Chinese Channel are available a la carte for $10 a month.
• Polish Package, featuring TV Polonia and TVP Info, for $25 a month. TV Polonia can be ordered a la carte for $20 a month.
• Russian Package, featuring RTR Planeta and Channel One Russia, for $25 a month. Each channel is available a la carte for $15 a month.
• TV5MONDE, featuring programs from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and Quebec, for $10 a month. 
• Setanta Sports, featuring exclusively live European and international soccer, rugby and other sports, for $15 a month. 

More local TV news:

• AT&T’s U-verse TV service still targeting Irvine
• AT&T’s U-Verse TV has less than 1 million users
• How to get cheaper cable TV in O.C., part 2
• How to get cheaper cable TV from Time Warner Cable
• Time Warner Cable plans more channels in O.C. despite fines
• Cox wants to give back to O.C.’s women-owned businesses
• Cox adds two Hindi-language channels in O.C.
• What TV service has most satisfied customers? (Hint: Not cable)
• AT&T’s TV service adds sharable DVR
• Cox adds more HD channels for free

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