Trying to decide which satellite provider offers the most bang for your buck can be very trying.  You research monthly costs and discover they are similar.  You see which one has the best promotional offer for new customers and again, they seem almost the same.  If you’re into sports, you may find that DIRECTV stands […]

DIRECTV exclusives offer you the opportunity to gain access to programming choices that are not offered anywhere else.  No matter if you are a sports fan and want to catch the NFL Sunday Ticket or you are a movie buff, you will find a number of exciting opportunities available to you.  DIRECTV is the largest […]

As the second of three next-generation satellites built by Boeing, the DIRECTV-11 satellite was launched into space on March 19, 2008 on a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket from the Sea Launch’s equatorial launch site in the Pacific Ocean. Sea Launch Company, LLC is located in Long Beach, California and provides DIRECTV, as well as other […]

Viewers of DIRECTV will soon have more sports viewing options. News was recently announced that DIRECTV and the MountainWest Sports Network have reached an agreement for The Mtn. to be launched on DirecTV. As fans are already aware, The MountainWest Sports Network; commonly referred to as The Mtn., premiered in September of 2006 as the […]

DIRECTV HD Programming
DIRECTV dealt another blow to Dish Network today as it successfully placed its latest satellite into orbit. The communications satellite, DIRECTV-11, is in the proper orbit and is operational. This exciting news comes less then a week after Dish Network failed to set its own HD satellite (AMC-14) into the proper […]

“Burn baby burn”, that was in the minds of Dish Network’s launch team last Friday (March 14th 2008) when their orbit insertion booster quit 2 minutes and 13 seconds early.  The insertion booster was delivering the new AMC-14 satellite for Dish Network which would expand its high definition programming by 42%.  There is a possibility […]