Thompson hardware provides hi-definition lift for DirecTV.El Segundo-based DirecTV DirecTV (trademarked as "DIRECTV") is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America except for Mexico. Group Inc. has begun receiving Thomson H20 set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. for its high definition service expansion last week. The firm plans to offer more than 1,500 local broadcast channels and more than 150 national channels in high definition by 2007. The distribution is part of a 2004 agreement between Thomson and DirecTV for the long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. development and supply of digital satellite set-top boxes. DirecTV and Thomson officials will not disclose specific terms of last year's deal or the number of units shipped, except to say the agreement is "long term." |
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