To receive DIRECTVs local HD programming, customers must have an H20 or H21 HD receiver or an HR20 or HR21 DirecTV Plus HD DVR and a Ka/Ku band dish.

DIRECTV says the 138 markets receiving local high-def signals represents 92 percent of U.S. TV households.

In other DIRECTV news, the satcaster yesterday named former Pepsi executive Michael White as its CEO.

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