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11-17-2005, 05:10 AM
.....Programming with Successful Launch of Spaceway F2 Satellite
Thirty-Six Major Markets Will Have Access to Local HD Channels Via DIRECTV by Early 2006; Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta and San Francisco to Roll Out this Month DIRECTV continued to build the in-orbit framework for the nationwide rollout of hundreds of local high-definition (HD) broadcast channels today with the successful launch of the Spaceway F2 satellite. The new satellite, combined with the Spaceway F1 satellite, will enable DIRECTV to provide local HD channels to customers in 36 major markets, or more than 57 percent of U.S. television households, by early next year.
Rest of the story here (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20051116006130&newsLang=en)
Thirty-Six Major Markets Will Have Access to Local HD Channels Via DIRECTV by Early 2006; Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta and San Francisco to Roll Out this Month DIRECTV continued to build the in-orbit framework for the nationwide rollout of hundreds of local high-definition (HD) broadcast channels today with the successful launch of the Spaceway F2 satellite. The new satellite, combined with the Spaceway F1 satellite, will enable DIRECTV to provide local HD channels to customers in 36 major markets, or more than 57 percent of U.S. television households, by early next year.
Rest of the story here (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20051116006130&newsLang=en)