DirecTV has announced that the satcaster will add 44 new HD local channel markets in August. With this expansion the satcaster will provide local HD broadcast channels in 121 cities, representing more than 88 percent of U.S. TV households.
DirecTV will launch local high-definition channels to the subscribers with TOTAL CHOICE programming package, which offers local channels and the local HD channels will be delivered in primary broadcast networks where ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC local channels are offered. Apart from these HD expansion DirecTV also has plans to launch new satellite “DIRECTV 12″ in 2009 and with the help of the satellite the satecaster will deliver 200 national HD and 1,500 local HD channels.
Following are the new markets areas :
Augusta, Georgia
Bangor, Maine
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
Boise, Idaho
Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, New York
Butte-Bozeman, Mont.
Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Illinois
Charleston, South Carolina
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colorado
Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri
Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island, Illinois
Dayton, Ohio
Des Moines-Ames, Iowa
Dothan, Alabama
El Paso, Texas
Evansville, Indiana
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Greenville-New Bern-Washington
Harrisonburg, Virginia
La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Lincoln-Hastings, Nebraska
Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Macon, Georgia
Mich.– Harlingen-Brownsville, Texas
Mobile AL-Pensacola, Florida
Moline, Illinois
Myrtle Beach-Florence, South Carolina
Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
Palm Springs, California
Peoria-Bloomington, Illinois
Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia
Rochester, New York
Rockford, Illinois
Savannah, Georgia
Sioux Falls, S. Dakota
South Bend-Elkhart, Indiana
Springfield-Holyoke, Massachusetts
Syracuse, New York
Tallahassee, Florida
Toledo, Ohio
Traverse City-Cadillac, North Carolina and
Youngstown, Ohio
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Monday is September 1st, and still no local HD channels in Mobile-Pensacola? Any chance we’ll get them before the NFL season kicks off?
I live in the Springfield, IL market and we do not yet have HD local channels. One day left in August. Is there a delay or should I expect this to be done before tomorrow is over?
Will I have to reset my receiver or do anything else to make the channels work on my system?