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DirecTV Ties with NBC Universal To Offer 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on DIRECTV VOD

July 18, 2008 · 2 comments

DirecTV is also joining the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games broadcast as the satecaster has reached an agreement with NBC Universal. This agreement will allow DirecTV to launch a special video on demand (VOD) Olympics programming package to its subscribers who have the DIRECTV Plus HD DVR or R22 DVR receiver. NBC Universal will provide DirecTV [...]

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Nick Webster, the Fox Soccer Channel’s voice of the English Premier League for the past seven years and World Soccer Daily’s Steven Cohen will host the Fox Football Fone-In beginning from Today Monday, March 10. Football viewers can express their opinion and also share their feelings on the weekends soccer action on Fox Soccer Channel [...]

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The leading satellite television provider DirecTV has renewed the carriage rights of Crown Media Holdings Hallmark Movie Channel and Hallmark Channel for multi-year term. The terms of the deal was not disclosed. This carriage agreement will allow DirecTV to carry standard and high-definition versions of Hallmark Movie Channel. DirecTV on its press release stated that [...]

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The leading Satellite TV in the country DirecTV is planning to bring exceptional coverage of Masters Golf Tournament 2008 to be held between April 10 – 13. The attraction of DirecTV’s coverage of the tournament is to be Masters Mix Channel, DirecTV is to provide multi channel package with round one and two of the [...]

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DirecTV viewers in USA will have option to view Mountain West Conference programming from August 1 onwards as Mountain West Conference, known as The Mtn, has reached an agreement with DirecTV and the Satcaster will carry The Mtn programming. This contract will allow many viewers to see their favorite Mountain West Conference teams play on [...]

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DIRECTV started its high-definition expansion last year and has delivered almost 90 HD channels and now adding local HD channels in many Market area. The satcaster is about to launch a new satellite next month and the next phase of HD expansion will start and expected to deliver 150 national and 1500 local HD channels. [...]

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National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) insists DIRECTV to deliver local TV service in all the 210 markets by end of 2008. NAB sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing their concern about the delivery of local channels in all the markets. DIRECTV already delivers local TV programs in 144 markets. NAB took this [...]

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The leading Satellite TV provider in the country DirecTV has started providing local sports and prime-time broadcast network programming, weather and local news to the customers of Dothan, Alaska via Satellite in digital quality starting from Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. The Network and channels available for the Dothan designated market area customers are: WDHN/ABC, WTVY/CBS, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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