DirecTV Plans 1500 HiDef Channels by End of 2007

doormat writes "DirecTV plans on launching four Ka-band satellites by 2007. This means local HiDef channels over satellite for the biggest markets by the end of 2005, with room for 500 HD channels. Plus 1000 more HD local channels and 150 national HD channels by the end of 2007. Thats a total bandwidth of 34Gbit/s, which is about 10 times the bandwidth they currently have in the Ku band (the band they use now for direct-to-home TV service). The bandwidth crunch for satellite providers is over, and the Ka band is the answer."

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Re:I hope there’s not a market for these new

[glesga_kiss]

It just saddens me to see such an investment in entertainment. Especially since entertainment doesn't have any kind of economic return for the individual.

It has a huge return for the advertisers. Stay tuned people! Consume!!!!

People watch TV because they don't know what else to do. I know a lot of people who cannot relax in a sitting room with the TV turned off. Most rooms are laid out to worship the TV.

You think this generation is bad? Wait until you see our kids generation! The internet might be the only thing to draw people away from the hypno-box*

*Studies have shown that watching TV produces the same brain patterns as hypnosis. This is why advertising is so effective. You take in the message without realising it and next time you are in a shop and see the brand, your subconcious mind recognises it and makes it feel familiar to you. People tend to go with what they know when choosing a brand.