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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in the Norfolk-Newport News, Va. DMA
-(Business Wire)-October 1, 2008 - DIRECTV, Inc.
| WHAT: | Â | DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Norfolk-Newport News, Va., designated market area. The following broadcast networks are available in HD: WVEC/ABC, WAVY/NBC, WTKR/CBS and WVBT/FOX. With the addition of Norfolk-Newport News, DIRECTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 98 cities, representing more than 83 percent of U.S. TV households. |
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| By the end of 2008, DIRECTV will provide local HD broadcast channels in more than 121 cities, representing approximately 88 percent of U.S. TV households. | ||
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| WHEN: | Beginning today, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. | |
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| HOW: | To receive DIRECTV's local HD programming, customers must have an H20 or H21 HD receiver or an HR20 or HR21 DIRECTV Plus(R) HD DVR and a Ka/Ku band dish. For information on how to get DIRECTV HD consumers can visit DIRECTV.com. | |
Eligibility for local channels is based on service address within certain designated market areas as defined by Nielsen Media Research, Inc. Visit DIRECTV.com for more information.
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