DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Channels to Customers in Fort Myers, Florida

SOURCE: DIRECTV, Inc., 05.23.07

‘ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX Now Available in DIRECTV HD Offering More Vivid Colors, Wider Images and Clearer, Crisper High-resolution Images

WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Fort Myers, Fla. designated market area. The following local broadcast networks are available in HD: WINK/CBS, WBBH/NBC, WZVN/ABC and WFTX/FOX. With the addition of Fort Myers, DIRECTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 60 cities, representing more than 70 percent of U.S. TV households.

DIRECTV’s roll out of local HD channels in Fort Myers is part of a nationwide expansion of HD programming that includes plans to offer local HD channels in up to 75 markets and up to 100 national HD channels by year end.

WHEN: Beginning today, Wednesday, May 23, 2007.