Archive for February, 2008

DirecTV, 4th quarter sees Net Declines 2.2%; Revenue Increases 17%

The largest satellite television provider in the country DIRECTV’s stock rose on its good fourth quarter results that reported exceeded than the street expectations. The small decrease in profit was due to its spending towards in setting the high-definition television
DVR’s. Increase in interest payments on its debts has put its fourth quarter earnings by 2% [...]

DIRECTV blesses with local HD programming for four market areas

One of the leading satellite TV providers in the country DIRECTV has added local high-definition channels in four market areas. DIRECTV started adding local hd channels to the cities by the end of 2007. Presently DIRECTV has added local HD programming in following market areas:-
Louisville, Kentucky
WHAS/ABC, WLKY/CBS, WDRB/FOX and WAVE/NBC in HD are the broadcasted [...]

HD War : Time Warner jumps into the fray

After last year bliss of high-definition by DirecTV announcing “Year of HD”, the satcaster committed 100 HD channels before 2007 during Investor Relations meet on 01-08-2007, but failed with the commitment and ended the year with 87 HD channels. Dish Network and Cable Companies in USA were stranded and lost their customers to DirecTV. The [...]

Comcast customers of Knoxville, Tenn. thank DIRECTV

Comcast customers of Knoxville, Tenn. have to thank DIRECTV as Comcast have started offering high-definition channels for the residents of Knoxville, Tenn following DIRECTV. DIRECTV delivered Local HD programming in Knoxville, Tenn. designated market area lastweek, Comcast reacted immediately and delivering Four HD channels with immediate effect. The new channels launched are Animal Planet HD, [...]

WhiteFence launches ConnectMyDTV

WhiteFence a Houston based home-services shopping portal has announced launch of ConnectMyDTV.com, a new market place to search for DIRECTV services available in a particular city by entering the zip code or by selecting from the list of cities available. This will allow DIRECTV subscribers to compare services available in their cities, avoiding searching many [...]