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DIRECTV To Launch Local Channels in 16 Additional Markets in HD

April 12, 2011 · 0 comments

DirecTV has announced that it will launch high-definition channels in 16 additional markets, beginning this summer. Of the new markets, 15 will receive local channels from DIRECTV for the first time. By the end of 2011, DIRECTV will offer local-channel access to 99 percent of U.S. TV homes, covering 190 markets across the country, including [...]

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DirecTV announced that it has concluded deals with Hearst, Granite, Gannett, Red River Broadcasting, KLAS-TV and Sarkes-Tarzian Broadcast Groups but Northwest refuses requests to keep channels up while talks continue or for arbitration leaving its viewers in the lurch. DirecTV sharply rebuked Northwest Broadcasting today for attempting to “extort” a more than 600 percent fee [...]

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DirecTV has announced that it will launch 16 new local high-definition channels, starting June. DirecTV subscribers must have an H20 or HR20 DIRECTV Plus HD DVR receiver or above, and a Ka/Ku band dish to receive HD local programming. DirecTV will start with the launch in Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss.; Idaho Falls-Pocatello, Idaho; and Joplin-Pittsburg, Mo. in [...]

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Dish Network has launched two Spanish language channels Telefutura and Univision in high-definition. Dish Network also to launch Galavision in high-definition in June. Local stations in high-definition of Univision and TeleFutura will also be available in June to deliver the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Dave Shull, senior vice president of Programming for DISH [...]

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DirecTV has launched local high-definition channels to its subscribers in Jackson, Miss. DirecTV is offering local HD channels in 134 markets, representing more than 91 percent of United States households. Following are the local HD channels available to Jackson subscribers: WAPT/ABC WDBD/FOX WJTV/CBS WLBT/NBC WMPN/PBS and WRBJ/CW DirecTV subscribers must have an H20 or H21 [...]

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DirecTV has announced that it will launch local high-definition channels to its subscribers in the Bluefield-Beckley, W. Va. on Sept. 30. DirecTV subscribers in Bluefield-Beckley must have an H20 or H21 receiver or an HR20 or HR21 DIRECTV Plus HD DVR and a Ka/Ku band dish to receive following local HD channels: WOAY/ABC WSWP/PBS WVNS/CBS [...]

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Dish Network has launched local high-definition channels in six more markets and the satcaster offers local high-definition channels in 152 markets, which covers more than 93 percent of U.S. TV household. Dish Networks has added local HD channels in following markets: WTVC/ABC in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Channel 9 WBNS/CBS in Columbus, Ohio on Channel 10 [...]

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DirecTV’s local high-definition channels are available to subscribers in Columbia, S.C. market area. DirecTV is now offering local HD broadcast channels in 130 markets, representing more than 90 percent of U.S. TV households. Following are the local HD channels launched to Columbia subscribers: ETV/PBS WACH/FOX WIS/NBC WLTX/CBS WOLO/ABC and WZRB/CW DirecTV subscribers in Columbia must [...]

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DirecTV’s Lexington subscribers are delivered with local high-definition channels. DirecTV is offering local HD broadcast channels in 129 markets, representing more than 90 percent of U.S. TV households. Following networks are available in high-definition: WDKY/FOX WKYT/CBS WLEX/NBC and WTVQ/ABC DirecTV subscribers in Lexington must have an H20 or H21 HD receiver or an HR20 or [...]

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DirecTV has announced that it has launched local high-definition programming to its subscribers in Odessa-Midland, Texas. The satcaster is now offering local HD channels in 126 cities, which represent more than 89% of USA TV households. Following are the local HD broadcast channels available to its subscribers in the Odessa-Midland, Texas market area: KPEJ/FOX and [...]

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