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DIRECTV added 4 new HD channels yesterday but may have disappointed many customers who expected 30 new HD channels. The additions of ABC Family HD (Ch. 311), Planet Green HD (Ch. 286), Showtime Showcase HD (Ch. 541) and Showtime Extreme HD (Ch. 542) are welcome additions to the lineup but don’t bring the satellite provider’s HD offerings up to 130 as was promised. Full Story »
PGA Championship gets expanded coverage including TNT & CBS broadcasts, Interactive Features, and PGA Mix Channel
DIRECTV will offer customers a full interactive experience with its PGA Championship coverage. The free service will deliver four HD (High-Definition) channels covering the event. Three of those channels will focus on specifics of the tournament, including Featured Group of the day, Featured Holes, and Players in Depth. The 4th channel will carry the full CBS/TNT live network coverage. Full Story »
NBCU to provide DIRECTV with 2008 Beijing Olympics content for VOD
Starting this Friday, August 8, DIRECTV will provide 2008 Olympics coverage through its HD VOD (High-Definition Video-On-Demand) service. After making a deal with NBCU, the company will be allowed to provide customers with 10 VOD titles per week of the 2008 games. Full Story »
DIRECTV will offer local HD (high-definition) channels in 121 markets by the end of the year, that according to an announcement by the company today. It will launch 44 new HD markets which will cover 88 percent of U.S. homes. Full Story »
Boeing announced on Monday that the DIRECTV 11 satellite successfully took orbit and will start transmitting additional HD channels this Fall. The satellite was originally launched on March 19 by Sea Launch from the Pacific Ocean. Full Story »
DirecTV has made an agreement with NBCU to provide the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in both standard and high-definition (HD) through the satellite company’s video-on-demand (VOD) service.
The agreement will allow DirecTV to provide customers with 10 VOD titles each week of the Olympic games which start on August 8 and end on August 24, 2008. NBCU will produce more than 500 titles from now until the end of the games. Full Story »
DirecTV now officially offers VOD (video on demand) to their customers who have a DirecTV PlusHD DVR or R22 DVR receiver. The library contains at least 4,000 standard-definition (STD) and high-definition (HD) titles, although an exact number of HD channels was hard to calculate. Full Story »
DirecTV announced today their on demand service is now available to customers nationwide. The content is available to customers who have a DIRECTV Plus HD DVR or R22 DVR receiver. There are more than 4,000 titles available at any time, including high-definition (HD) titles. Full Story »
A poll taken by random HD-Report visitors reveals that DirecTV and Verizon FiOS finish in first and second place as the service providers with best HD quality.
DirecTV finished out on top with 32% of the votes. This is not surprising given their market penetration and dominance in HD channel offerings. Verizon FiOS, who currently only serves approximately 40 HD channels, came out with 27% of the votes. DISH Network, who trails DirecTV in number of HD channels, captured 15% of the votes. Full Story »
Early this week LIN TV made a deal with DirecTV to broadcast both analog and high-definition channels. The agreement will include television stations owned by LIN TV in 15 markets. Some markets include Albuquerque, Austin, Buffalo, Dayton, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Springfield, Providence, Norfolk, and Hartford-New Haven. Full Story »
Here is a list of the local channels that DIRECTV currently offers in HD (high-definition), along with some popular shows. The company covers 150 markets in the U.S., which accounts for approximately 94% of households. Full Story »
DirecTV has announced it will carry the IndyCar Series in high definition as the official sponsor. The HD coverage will start on April 6 with the Honda Indy Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. This season will be the first complete season of the IndyCar Series in high definition.
DirecTV is set to deliver even more high definition (HD) channels with the successful launch of their DIRECTV 11 satellite yesterday. Once the satellite is put into service this coming Fall, it will enable the company to provide up to 150 HD channels nationwide. DirecTV will also be expanding its services to more than 100 markets.
DirecTV will offer customers up to 37 live games from the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament all in high definition (HD). Their “Mega March Madness” package will broadcast games that aren’t shown nationally on CBS. A game mix channel will broadcast 4 different games on one channel.
DirecTV currently offers local channels in 150 markets across the country. Those markets cover approximately 94% of U.S. households. Full Story »
DIRECTV will offer customers multi-channel HD coverage of the 2008 Masters Golf Tournament. The announcement from DIRECTV is first of its kind, and will include both CBS and ESPN coverage from the Augusta National Golf Club course. All channels will be available in both HD and STD. Full Story »
Starting today, DIRECTV is now offering local HD(high-definition) programming to customers in the Omaha, Nebraska market area. The following broadcast networks are now available in HD: KETV/ABC, KMTV/CBS, KPTM/FOX, WOWT/NBC and KXVO/CW. DIRECTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 77 U.S. cities, which represents approximately 76 percent of households.
DIRECTV is currently expanding it’s HD programming nationwide to include 92 HD channels. Their recently released fourth quarter 2007 earnings revealed that HD service, along with international growth, contributed to a 17% increase.
DIRECTV reported today that fourth quarter 2007 revenues increased 17% to $4.88 billion. The DIRECTV reported that fourth quarter net income of $348 million declined 2% and earnings per share increased one cent to $0.30 compared with the same period last year. HD services contributed greatly to the earnings, as the number of HD channels rose to roughly 90 at the end of the quarter.
Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2008) — DIRECTV 11, the satcaster’s new satellite for High-Definition TV, is scheduled for launch in March.
The Boeing Company yesterday announced the delivery of the satellite to the Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, California.
The satellite is now scheduled for launch on a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket in March.
The Weather Channel is well on its way to the launch of its first HD studio programs, Your Weather Today and Evening Edition, on June 2, 2008. By early May, sets will be in place for the start of rehearsals from a four- story-high HD studio.
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