DIRECTV Begins Offering Local Broadcast Network Channels in Columbus, Ohio; Customers to Receive Local Channels With Existing Receiver and 18-inch Satellite Dish.Business Editors EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000 DIRECTV Inc., provider of the nation's leading digital television service, today announced the availability of local broadcast network channels via satellite for its DIRECTV(R) customers in Columbus, Ohio. Beginning today, Wednesday, Dec. 13, all DIRECTV customers in the Columbus designated market area (DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. ) will receive a free preview of their local broadcast network channel package. DIRECTV customers in the Columbus DMA can subscribe to a local channel package that includes WCMH WCMH Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital (Decorah, Iowa) (NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. ), WTTE WTTE Words to That Effect WTTE Weapon Training/Equipment WTTE W Television Twenty Eight (Columbus, Ohio TC station call letters) (FOX), WSYX (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ) and WBNS WBNS Water Boiler Neutron Source (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. ). DIRECTV customers can subscribe to their local channel package for $5.99 per month. In addition to local broadcast network channels, a national PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, feed is included in each local channel package at no additional charge. "The availability of local channels ushers in a new era for DIRECTV, and we are excited to commence our local channel offerings in Columbus," said Stephanie A. Campbell, senior vice president, Programming for DIRECTV Inc. "By offering local channels on DIRECTV, our customers can access entertainment and information that's most relevant to their lives and their community. Now is as good a time as any for consumers in this market to cut cable and choose DIRECTV as their source for home entertainment." Local Columbus channels from DIRECTV are available in the following counties: All zip codes in the following Ohio counties: COSHOCTON FRANKLIN MADISON PICKAWAY CRAWFORD HARDIN MARION PIKE DELAWARE HOCKING MORGAN ROSS FAIRFIELD KNOX MORROW UNION FAYETTE LICKING PERRY Local channels are delivered to DIRECTV customers in the Columbus area from DIRECTV's primary orbital slot at 101 degrees West Longitude. As a result, DIRECTV customers can receive their local channels as well as DIRECTV's current lineup of national digital entertainment and information programming through their existing set-top box and 18-inch antenna. DIRECTV is supporting its local-into-local offerings in Columbus with marketing, point-of-sale and advertising campaigns in coordination with its extensive network of consumer electronics retailing partners and affiliate satellite dealers. DIRECTV is the nation's leading digital satellite television service provider with more than 9 million customers. DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo are trademarks of DIRECTV Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. HUGHES is the world's leading provider of digital television entertainment, and satellite and wireless systems and services. The earnings of HUGHES, a unit of General Motors Corp., are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to the General Motors Class H common stock (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GMH). Visit DIRECTV on the World Wide Web at www.DIRECTV.com. |
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