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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in the Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Ark. DMA
Sep 4, 2008
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Local HD Programming from DIRECTV is Now Available in 85 U.S. Cities
WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Ark. designated market area. The following broadcast networks are ava...
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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in the Springfield, Mo. DMA
Sep 4, 2008
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Local HD Programming from DIRECTV is Now Available in 85 U.S. Cities
WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Springfield, Mo. designated market area. The following broadcast networks are available in HD: ...
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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in the Baton Rouge, La. DMA
Sep 4, 2008
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Local HD Programming from DIRECTV is Now Available in 85 U.S. Cities
WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Baton Rouge, La. designated market area. The following broadcast networks are available in HD...
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DIRECTV Teams With NBC Universal On Enhanced Coverage of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Sep 4, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sep 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV's customers did virtually everything but actually get on a plane and fly to Beijing to experience NBC Universal's (NBCU) coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games first-hand. DIRECTV posted strong results across its entire suite of NBCU enhanced features during the two-week competition, including...
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DIRECTV Delivers Unprecedented Event Access to Sold-Out BlizzCon(TM) 2008
Sep 4, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sep 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BlizzCon(TM) 2008, Blizzard Entertainment(R)'s sold-out gaming convention celebrating the global player communities that surround its Warcraft(R), Diablo(R), and StarCraft(R) game universes, will be televised live in HD on Oct. 10 and 11 as a pay per view package available exclusively to DIRECTV c...
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DIRECTV to Present at the Merrill Lynch Media Fall Preview Conference
Sep 3, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sep 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) will present at the Merrill Lynch Media Fall Preview Conference on Tuesday, September 9th at 2:15 p.m. ET/11:15 a.m. PT. The presentation will include an update and outlook on the DIRECTV Latin America businesses. A live webcast of the presentation will be available at www.dir...
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DIRECTV and TiVo to Launch New HD DIRECTV DVR with TiVo Service
Sep 3, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO and ALVISO, Calif., Sept 03, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- DIRECTV, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTV), the nation's leading satellite television service provider, and TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR), announced today that they have extended their curr...
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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in the Johnstown-Altoona, Pa. DMA
Aug 27, 2008
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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in the Chattanooga, Tenn. DMA
Aug 27, 2008
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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in the Augusta, Ga. DMA
Aug 27, 2008
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DIRECTV Más™ Highlights Exclusive Mexican Programming
Aug 26, 2008
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As a continued commitment to the Hispanic Community, DIRECTV Más™, DIRECTV's Spanish and English-language programming service, will present its newly exclusive Mexican programming including sports, movies, music, news and educational networks from all over Latin America.
To support the Hispanic community DIRECTV officially launched DIR...
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DIRECTV, USA Network and CBS Deliver A Big Serve with 2008 US Open Interactive
Aug 25, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & NEW YORK, Aug 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In the spirit of this year's US OPEN tennis championship theme -- "It's Showtime" -- DIRECTV has teamed up with USA Network, CBS and USTA to offer tennis fans their own marquee viewing event, the US Open Interactive service.
Continuing its run for a third consecutive year, DIRECTV's...
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S2 Licensing Formally Launches DVB-S2 Patent Licensing Campaign
Aug 25, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- S2 Licensing announced today the launch of a licensing campaign under the combined patent rights in DVB S2 standardized technology held by DTVG Licensing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. and the owner by assignment of DIRECTV's essential DVB-S2 patents, and RAI. ESA is i...
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Farm Aid's New England Concert to Broadcast Live in HD and Commercial Free Exclusively on DIRECTV's The 101 Network
Aug 25, 2008
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SOMERVILLE, Mass., Aug 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Farm Aid today announced that its Sept. 20 New England music festival will be broadcast live on DIRECTV's The 101 Network, which reaches more than 17 million viewers. This broadcast will mark the first time that Farm Aid's annual benefit concert airs live in HD.
The show will broadcast from Far...
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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming to Customers in the Rochester, N.Y. DMA
Aug 21, 2008
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WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Rochester, N.Y. designated market area. The following broadcast networks are available in HD: WHAM/ABC, WROC/CBS, WUHF/FOX and WHEC/NBC. With the addition of Rochester, DIRE...
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DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming to Customers in the Lincoln, Neb. DMA
Aug 21, 2008
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WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Lincoln, Neb. designated market area. The following broadcast networks are available in HD: KLKN/ABC, KOLN/CBS and KHAS/NBC. With the addition of Lincoln, DIRECTV now offers...
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NCC Partners with DIRECTV to Integrate Regional Sports Offerings and Sales Efforts
Aug 18, 2008
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NEW YORK, Aug 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NCC, the nation's largest spot cable sales organization, has announced a breakthrough ad sales and technology partnership with DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), America's leading satellite television service provider. Under the agreement, NCC will integrate select regional sports network feeds, currently offered to DIR...
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The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 7, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DTV) today reported that second quarter 2008 revenues increased 16% to $4.81 billion, operating profit before depreciation and amortization(1) increased 20% to $1.36 billion and operating profit increased 8% to $801 million compared to last year's second quarter. Th...
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DIRECTV Combines Interactive and HD to Hit Sweet Spot with PGA Championship Viewers
Aug 5, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, atop the leaderboard in HD and interactive sports coverage among pay TV providers, continues its run of offering golf fans unique, in-depth tournament viewing with its PGA Championship Interactive service, debuting Aug. 7. Supplementing broadcast feeds from TNT and CBS, as well as the onl...
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DIRECTV to Offer HD Local Channels in 121 Markets by Year-End
Jul 28, 2008
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jul 28, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, continues to strengthen its HD presence with the addition of 44 new HD local channel markets. By the end of 2008, DIRECTV will provide local HD broadcast channels in 121 cities, representing more than 88 percent of U.S. TV ...
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