Roll Out of Seven New HD Markets to Begin Later This Summer; More Than 91 Percent of U.S. TV Homes Will have Access to Local HD Channels from DIRECTV
DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s No. 1 satellite television service, continues to strengthen its HD presence with the addition of seven new HD local channel markets, providing [...]

Local HD Programming from DIRECTV Now Available in 126 U.S. Cities
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DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s No. 1 satellite television service, will offer local HD programming to customers in the Odessa-Midland, Texas designated market area. The following broadcast networks will be available in HD: KPEJ/FOX and KPBT/PBS.
DIRECTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 126 [...]

Company Initiates Voluntary Chapter 11 Process to Implement Pre-Negotiated Restructuring
Operations and Strategy to Continue Without Interruption
ION Media Networks, Inc. (“ION”), owner and operator of the ION Television network, today announced that it has reached an accord with a group of holders of over 60% of its first lien senior secured debt on the [...]

Event Features Carlos Mencia and a Who’s Who of English and Spanish Language Television and Film;
Proceeds to Strengthen Literacy Development for Underserved Youth
Carlos Mencia and a host of English and Spanish language television stars will join DIRECTV Más as it sponsors a star-studded benefit for East L.A. Classic Theatre (ECT), and launches Óptimo [...]

Exclusive Coverage of Blizzard Entertainment®’s Gaming Convention Available Through DIRECTV® Satellite TV Service and Internet Stream
BlizzCon 2009
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its fourth BlizzCon® gaming convention will go on sale May 16. Live coverage of the event will be available as a DIRECTV® Pay Per View event and, for the first time, [...]

MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 in Action in Las Vegas
NAB2009
The MPEG Industry Forum, the world’s largest advocacy group for the promotion of MPEG technologies, today announced that the following 16 member companies will be exhibiting at NAB2009, taking place in Las Vegas, NV between Monday, 20 April and Thursday 23 April 2009.
Amino Communications C2054
Cisco [...]

Movies in Highest Resolution Format Available to All DIRECTV HD DVRS; Customers have Access to More Than 30 New Pay Per View Movies; All New HD VOD Movies will Soon be in 1080p
Continuing to sharpen up the HD viewing experience, DIRECTV is now offering the most movies in 1080p, the highest resolution format available [...]

The facilities based video services offered by AT&T, Inc. (AT&T) and Verizon Communications, Inc. (Verizon) continued their strong momentum during the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q’08), according to a Fitch Ratings special report published April 6, 2009. During 4Q’08, revenue from Verizon’s FiOS product platform grew approximately 42% (on a year-over-year basis) and accounted for [...]

New App Vaults into the Top Ten Free Apps After Just One Week
DIRECTV today announced its DVR Scheduler App has been downloaded over 100,000 times since its launch on March 30, 2009 and has vaulted into the top ten free apps in the Apple App Store after just one week. The new app allows [...]

DIRECTV today announced its DVR Scheduler is available on the Apple App Store. Now all customers need to do is tap the DIRECTV icon on their iPhone or iPod touch to begin remotely scheduling and recording DIRECTV programming on their home DVR – wherever they are.
“The iPhone app will take the DIRECTV’s DVR Scheduler [...]