DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers in the Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Ill. DMA

Local HD Programming from DIRECTV is Now Available in 94 U.S. Cities

DIRECTV, Inc.:
WHAT:
DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Ill., designated market area. The following broadcast networks are available in HD: WICS/ABC, WCIA/CBS, WRSP/FOX and WAND/NBC. With the addition of Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, DIRECTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 94 cities, representing nearly 82 percent of U.S. TV households.

DIRECTV continues its expansion of HD programming with the launch of local HD channels in Champaign-Springfield-Decatur and will add 27 more HD local channel markets by the end of 2008, when DIRECTV will provide local HD broadcast channels in 121 cities, representing more than 88 percent of U.S. TV households.

WHEN: Beginning today, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.

HOW: To receive DIRECTV’s local HD programming, customers must have an H20 or H21 HD receiver or an HR20 or HR21 DIRECTV Plus(R) HD DVR and a Ka/Ku band dish. For information on how to get DIRECTV HD consumers can visit DIRECTV.com.

Eligibility for local channels is based on service address within certain designated market areas as defined by Nielsen Media Research, Inc. Visit DIRECTV.com for more information.
Contacts

DIRECTV, Inc.
Robert Mercer, 310-964-4683
rgmercer {at} directv(.)com