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 June.
DirecTV will add local HD’s in Albany, Ga.; Columbus, Ga.; Gainesville, Fla.; and Montgomery-Selma, Ark. in the third quarter.
Abilene-Sweetwater, Texas; Amarillo, Texas; Binghamton, N.Y.; Clarksburg-Weston, W.Va.; Lubbock, Texas; Sioux City, Iowa; Terre Haute, Ind.; Wheeling-Steubenville, W.Va.; and Wichita Falls-Lawton, Texas subscribers will receive local channels in HD in fourth quarter.
Derek Chang, executive vice president, Content Strategy and Development for DirecTV said “The launch of national HD channels capture the headlines, but the ability to watch local news, weather and primetime programming in HD or SD, remains an important part of our customers’ daily viewing. And that’s why we continue to expand our local channel service. Now more than 97 percent of TV homes in the U.S. will have access to DIRECTV local channels and a true
alternative to other TV providers in their communities.”
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