DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming To Customers In Santa Barbara, California And In Oklahoma City

ABC, CBS and FOX Now Available in DIRECTV HD Offering More Vivid Colors, Wider Images and Clearer, Crisper High-Resolution Images

April 20, 2007

WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in: Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo DMA. The following local broadcast networks are available in HD: KEYT/ABC, KCOY/CBS and KKFX/FOX. DIRECTV is in discussions with the owners of KSBY/NBC and hopes that it will be able to add NBC to the HD locals lineup. Oklahoma City DMA. The following local broadcast networks are available in HD: KOCO/ABC and KOKH/FOX. DIRECTV is in discussions with the owners of KWTV/CBS and KFOR/NBC and hopes that it will be able to add CBS and NBC to the HD locals lineup. With the additions, DIRECTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 59 cities, representing more than 70 percent of U.S. TV households. DIRECTV's roll-out of local HD channels is part of a nationwide expansion of HD programming that includes plans to offer local HD channels in up to 75 markets and up to 100 national channels by year end. When DIRECTV's capacity expansion is completed next year, it will offer more than 1,500 local HD channels and more than 150 national HD channels, establishing DIRECTV as the nation's leading provider of HD programming. WHEN: Beginning today, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 HOW: To receive DIRECTV's local HD programming, customers must have an H20 HD receiver or an HR20 DIRECTV Plus(R) HD DVR and a Ka/Ku band dish. DIRECTV is offering new customers a $100 mail-in rebate on all DIRECTV HD and HDDVR receivers. Eligibility for local channels is based on service address within certain designated market areas as defined by Nielsen Media Research, Inc. Visit DIRECTV.com for more information.

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