DirecTV Plans 1500 HiDef Channels by End of 2007

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 9, 2004 @05:13PM from the infomercials-and-bad-movies dept.

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:DirectTV HDTV by mp3zero · 2004-09-10 03:13 · Score: 1, Troll

Who are you kidding? I was reading this and thought it sounded familiar... its because I POSTED THIS message a few months ago! Why copy my post word for word? Is it because it got rated a 5 then so you thought you would see if you could rack up some points?

My post was on may 2. Get a life.

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