Big Ten Network HD is a 720p high definition simulcast of Big Ten Network which launched simultaneously to the regular channel. It is available nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network; and regionally on Verizon FiOs, AT&T U-verse, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Mediacom, and several other cable television systems. In Canada, it is available nationally on Shaw Direct and regionally on Shaw Communications, and EastLink. All of its original programs and studio shows are in HD, as well as nearly all of its sporting events and some of its school-produced coaches and campus shows. Big Ten Network HD utilizes stylized pillarboxes for programs not available in HD. The channel has produced all of its football games in HD since 2009. In 2011, the standard definition version of the network was converted to 4:3 letterboxing, in line with all of Fox's networks going with a completely widescreen presentation for all forms of programming.
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