DIRECTV Adds BBC HD - If You Like to Fly

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DIRECTV Adds BBC HD - If You Like to Fly
By Swanni

Washington, D.C. (December 14, 2011) -- Memo to DIRECTV HD viewers in the United States: If you want to see BBC programs in high-def, you'll have to move to Latin America.

That's right. Although many DIRECTV customers have urged the satcaster to add BBC America HD to its High-Definition lineup in the U.S., the company has steadfastly refused. In fact, DIRECTV has added only one basic cable channel in high-def (AMC HD) during the last year.

But DIRECTV Latin America has just announced that it will expand its high-def lineup with a number of documentaries and scripted shows from the BBC, writes Rapid TV News. The high-def content will be shown from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET Monday through Friday in such countries as Peru, Columbia, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela.

The BBC HD/DIRECTV launch will take place on December 19 and it will include such BBC shows as Top Gear, Wallander, Survivors and the Sherlock series.

The readers of TVPredictions.com this fall voted BBC America HD as the high-def channel it would most like to see added to DIRECTV. Unfortunately, though, it will take a plane ticket to accomplish that.

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Phillip Swann is president and publisher of TVPredictions.com. He has been quoted in dozens of publications and broadcast outlets, including CNN, Fox News, Inside Edition, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Financial Times, The Associated Press and The Hollywood Reporter. He can be reached at swann@tvpredictions.com or at 703-505-3064.

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