Katie Couric. Now In HD

On Monday, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric goes HD.

“The entire CBS Evening News team is excited that viewers can now watch our award-winning broadcast in HiDef,” said executive producer Rick Kaplan in a press release. The HD broadcast will originate from a new multimillion-dollar control room, which broke ground a year and a half ago and includes new graphics and conference rooms. TVNewser got a sneak peek in May as construction continued.

60 Minutes is expected to go HD in September and all of CBS News’ broadcasts will be HD by the end of 2009.

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