DIRECTV Expands Dallas Local Broadcast Channel Package; Additional Local Channels Now Available to Dallas Customers.Business & Entertainment Editors EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 27, 2001 DIRECTV, Inc., provider of the nation's leading digital television service, announced that beginning today, Dec. 27, 2001, it will offer nine additional local broadcast channels via satellite for its DIRECTV customers in the Dallas 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. ). Since 1999 DIRECTV has been offering its customers in the Dallas DMA access to a local channel package that includes KTVT (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. ), KXAS (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. ), KDFW KDFW Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport (FOX) and WFAA WFAA Washington Financial Aid Association WFAA Waste Facilities Audit Association (Europe) (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. ) for $5.99 per month. DIRECTV is expanding the Dallas local channel package to include KDTN (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, ), KERA (PBS), KTXA (UPN), KUVN (Univision), KDFI (Independent), KDAF (WB), KXTX (Independent), KSTR KSTR Kema Suspension Test Reactor (Telefutura) and KFWD (Telemundo), at no additional charge.
Dallas DMA New Local Channel Package
-- KTVT (CBS)/Channel 11 -- KUVN (Univision)/Channel 23(a)
-- KXAS (NBC)/Channel 5 -- KDFI (Independent)/Channel 27(a)
-- KDFW (FOX)/Channel 4 -- KDAF (WB)/Channel 33(a)
-- WFAA (ABC)/Channel 8 -- KXTX (Independent) /Channel 39(a)
-- KDTN (PBS)/Channel 2(a) -- KSTR (Telefutura) /Channel 49(b)
-- KERA (PBS)/Channel 13(a) -- KFWD (Telemundo) /Channel 52(a)
-- KTXA (UPN)/Channel 21(a)
(a) New local channels now available.
(b) Available in January.
"Enabling our customers to receive these additional local channels provides them with a true cable replacement," said Roxanne Austin, president and COO of DIRECTV, Inc. "By offering more local channels on DIRECTV programming, 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 Dallas to drop their cable service and choose DIRECTV as their source for home entertainment." Local channels are delivered to DIRECTV customers in Dallas 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. Local Dallas channels from DIRECTV are available in the following counties: -- Anderson, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Freestone free·stone n. 1. A stone, such as limestone, that is soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting. 2. A fruit, especially a peach, that has a stone that does not adhere to the pulp. See Regional Note at andiron. , Hamilton, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rains, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Van Zandt and Wise. DIRECTV is supporting its local-into-local offerings in Dallas with marketing, point-of-sale and advertising campaigns in coordination with its extensive consumer electronics retailing partners and affiliate satellite dealers. DIRECTV is the nation's leading digital satellite television service provider with more than 10.3 million customers. DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo are trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation. HUGHES is the world's leading provider of digital television entertainment, broadband services, satellite-based private business networks, and global video and data broadcasting. The earnings of HUGHES, a unit of General Motors Corporation, 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 DIRECTV.com. |
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