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DIRECTV VOD: No HDTV at Launch
The satcaster is expected to offer the high-speed Video on Demand service next year.
By Phillip Swann

Washington, D.C. (November 28, 2006) -- DIRECTV next year will launch a Broadband-based Video on Demand service that will offer thousands of TV shows and movies.

However, the service will not include High-Definition TV programming at launch, TVPredictions.com has learned.

The VOD service, which was originally expected late this year, is now likely to be launched nationally next spring. It will allow customers to use any high-speed Internet connection
to download movies and other video programs from the Net and watch them on television.

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DIRECTV will provide the VOD programming via the Broadband connection on the back of new HD DVRs (Digital Video Recorders.)

While HDTV VOD programming will not be available at launch, one source tells TVPredictions.com that the system is capable of providing high-def and will likely include it later in the year.

DIRECTV's VOD service is expected to start with about 2,000 movies and TV shows, enabling it to compete with cable on demand services for the first time.


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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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