DirecTV To Add High-Definition Network Signals To Its Channel Lineup

[Gregg Lengling]

Continuing to expand its high-definition and enhanced digital television programming, DirecTV, Inc. has announced that it plans to offer CBS-HD programming including hit primetime series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Everybody Loves Raymond. A similar agreement with FOX is expected to be reached soon. The CBS-HD programming, from WCBS in New York and KCBS in Los Angeles, will be available to eligible DirecTV customers in markets where CBS owns and operates stations, including Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Minneapolis, Miami, Denver, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Salt Lake City, Austin, Texas, and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Similarly, FOX programming is also expected to be offered to customers in FOX O&O markets. Customers who subscribe to the DirecTV local channels package in CBS and/or FOX O&O markets will receive this programming free of charge. Customers in the Pacific and Mountain time zones will receive the west coast feeds and those in the Central and Eastern times zones will receive the east coast feeds. DirecTV currently offers seven HD channels including its HD package, which features ESPN HD, Discovery HD Theater, HDNet, and HDNet Movies for $10.99 per month. DirecTV HD customers are also receiving HBO HDTV, and SHOWTIME HDTV as part of their premium packages, as well as HD Pay Per View movies.

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