Friday, September 10, 2004
DirecTV Plans 1,500 HDTV Channels by 2007
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 10:00 AM
"DirecTV, Inc., provider of the nation's leading digital multichannel television service, announced today a historic expansion of programming capacity with the planned launch of four new next-generation satellites. These satellites will provide DirecTV with a massive expansion in local and national high-definition (HD) channels, as well as capacity for new interactive and enhanced services and standard-definition programming. DirecTV will have the capacity to bring these new services to every household in America."
Wow, couch potato heaven, here I come. :) DirecTV plans to do this by launching several new next generation satellites over the next three years. The first two of these satellites, Spaceway 1 and Spaceway 2, will launch in 2005 and will have the capacity for more than 500 local HD channels being offered to consumers by the middle of the year. The next two satellites, DirecTV 10 and 11 will launch in early 2007 and will have the capacity for more than 1,000 additional local HD channels, more than 150 national HD channels, and other new programming offerings. 8O
Wow, couch potato heaven, here I come. :) DirecTV plans to do this by launching several new next generation satellites over the next three years. The first two of these satellites, Spaceway 1 and Spaceway 2, will launch in 2005 and will have the capacity for more than 500 local HD channels being offered to consumers by the middle of the year. The next two satellites, DirecTV 10 and 11 will launch in early 2007 and will have the capacity for more than 1,000 additional local HD channels, more than 150 national HD channels, and other new programming offerings. 8O
