SOURCE: TVPredisctions.com, Thursday October 26, 2006
‘DIRECTV today added local High-Definition TV channels in Madison, Wisconsin, Portland, Maine and Reno, Nevada.
They now offer local HD broadcasts in 45 cities, representing nearly 63 percent of U.S. TV households.
DIRECTV plans to launch local HD in 22 more markets by year’s end.
Customers who subscribe to a programming package that […]

SOURCE: Los Angeles Newspaper – LosAngeles.bizjournals.com (Tuesday October 24, 2006)
‘Two months after making its debut, Retirement Living TV is going national.
The new cable operation, a vision of John Erickson, the chairman and CEO of Maryland-based Erickson Retirement Communities, signed a deal to be on DIRECTV, one of the nation’s leading satellite television services.
Starting […]

SOURCE – SkyREPORT.com (Thursday October 19, 2006)
‘With American viewers’ appetite for high-definition programming on a steadily picking up pace, and HDTV prices gradually coming down to earth, it’s time for the service providers to give those HD-strapped customers something to watch. And although the high-definition race is more a marathon than a sprint, industry analysts […]

SOURCE: SkyREPORT.com (Tuesday October 17, 2006)
‘The new DIRECTV9S DBS satellite - built by Space Systems/Loral for the nation’s largest satellite TV provider - successfully took flight on a day that traditionally has given people cause to worry. On Friday the 13th, DIRECTV9S utilized an Ariane 5 ECA rocket to carry it into geosynchronous transfer orbit […]

DIRECTV names twenty five more local HD markets, now approximately 74 percent of U.S. television homes will have access to local HD channels from DIRECTV
SOURCE – DIRECTV, Inc. (October 10, 2006)
Already leading the satellite TV industry in the delivery of local HD programming, DIRECTV will offer local HD broadcast networks in 67 markets, representing approximately […]