CNN To Go High-Def This Year?

“I predict that CNN will launch a High-Definition TV channel by year’s end,” TVPredictions.com guru Phillip Swann writes. “One well-connected source tells me that CNN was once considering a March 2005 launch. However, the network apparently felt it was not quite ready. CNN has been quietly working on several changes to their production and studio operations to prepare for the switch.”

More: “In addition, CNN has purchased several new HD cameras and revamped some of their studio stages to get ready for high-def.” Most of the HD planning is underway in NYC, Swann says. CNN’s makeup people have been trained in the latest “airbrushing” techniques, “the makeup method used by The Tonight Show to prepare guests for its high-def production.” When I appeared on Showbiz Tonight earlier this month, I was “airbrushed…”