By Russell Adams , Staff Writer, SportsBusiness Journal INHD has signed several new deals that will put PGA Tour coverage, historical Olympic footage and the NBA All-Star Game on the 24-hour high-definition network beginning this month. The deal with the PGA Tour allows INHD to broadcast from the par-3 seventh hole during this week's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The coverage will be billed as Live@7 and air from 1:30-3:00pm ET Thursday and Friday. INHD also will broadcast five hours of tape-delayed coverage of play on the seventh hole beginning at 9:00pm ET each night. Live coverage of the entire days play at the seventh hole will be available via pgatour.com, similar to the sites Live@17 offering during The Players Championship tournament. Terms of the partnership were not available. Separately, INHD on Sunday will begin broadcasting high-definition footage from 18 Olympic Games since '48 under terms of an exclusive, multiyear deal with the USOC to restore, convert and broadcast archival films. INHD also has partnered with Turner Sports and TNT to offer a live, high-definition broadcast of the NBA All-Star Game on February 15. Former NBAer Rex Chapman will join Dick Stockton and John Thompson in calling the game.
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