DirecTV now carrying HD locals in 100 markets
While DISH Network just recently hit market number 70, DirecTV is throwing itself a party after reaching the big 100. With the addition of Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri and Evansville, Indiana, the satcaster can now claim to have HD locals available in a hundred US regions. The milestone means that some 83% of the US can now get DirecTV and their HD locals sans an OTA antenna, and if all goes to plan, it'll hit 121 cities by the year's end. We suppose a round of golf claps is in order.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TrentD @ Oct 9th 2008 10:59PM
Lexington, KY, please! Come on, DirecTV, I applied for a local waiver, and was turned down. I put up an antenna and only get two of the four national HD channels. We're one of the top 100 markets, so bring on the HD locals!
adam @ Oct 9th 2008 11:26PM
Up until just recently when I was talking to a colleague I hadn't realized how few markets were served up in HD by Direct. It really is a shame that it has taken so long, and still there are a lot of customers being left out.
http://www.hdupdate.com
lakersin2025 @ Oct 10th 2008 1:30AM
Eureka California please!
GhostDoggy @ Oct 10th 2008 7:24AM
Instead of being a product-placement entity to gain marketing dollars, EngadgetHD should consider being critical for once and report how many of those markets actually have more than 50-75% HD channel representation. I know Atlanta has about half the stations with zero effort on DirecTV's part to making that any better.