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Will DIRECTV Have Room For New HD Channels?
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Washington, D.C. (March 6, 2010) -- DIRECTV is planning to store a significantly larger PPV movie service on its new D12 HD satellite, company CFO Patrick Doyle said this week at the Morgan Stanley investors conference.

The announcement is important because the new PPV service is expected to offer up to 400 titles, compared to DIRECTV's current PPV lineup which features fewer than 20 movies.

With the expanded PPV service -- and DIRECTV's upcoming 3-D channels -- set for the new D12 satellite, there might be little room for the addition of new HD networks such as AMC HD, BBC America HD and WGN America HD.

Some industry observers have suggested that DIRECTV might use a different satellite to store the new PPV lineup, leaving space on the new D12 satellite for additional high-def networks. But Doyle said the PPV service would be on the D12 satellite, which is expected to be operational in late spring.

Doyle also said the new PPV service, called DIRECTV Cinema, will be launched in about two months.

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 DIRECTV has said the new D12 satellite will have the capacity for 200 HD channels. However, DIRECTV has not said the new satellite will house new HD networks. A 200 HD channel lineup could be reached by adding more high-def PPV channels.

The satcaster now claims to offer 130 HD channels, although roughly 20-25 of them are PPV and other channels that are not full-time high-def networks.

In other news, Doyle said a multi-room HD receiver should be launched in a few weeks.

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