Golf Channel Restructures DirecTV Deal

[Gregg Lengling]

The Golf Channel said Wednesday it got a boost in subscriber numbers when it added 4.7 million incremental subscribers through a restructured agreement with DirecTV.

The network said it will be included in DirecTV's Total Choice Plus package, the satellite TV company's second-most penetrated tier with more than 6.5 million customers. Golf Channel's cable and satellite TV subscriber count was at 62 million, but the new deal with DirecTV will put the network into more than 67 million homes.

Due to steady growth from its satellite and cable partners, Golf Channel executives said they predict to be at or near the 70 million milestone by the end of the year.

(This is good news for me, I didn't pay for the Sports package and didn't get it before...now I've got it on my TCP.)