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To: DiViT who wrote (43294)	7/21/1999 7:52:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Somebody built these guys a good headend. MPEG-2 Transport........ multichannel.com July 20, 1999: Aug. 1 HDTV Time for DirecTV Las Vegas -- DirecTV Inc. will offer its first nationwide high-definition television channel when it launches "HBO HDTV" Aug. 1, the direct-broadcast satellite provider announced Tuesday at the Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association's annual convention here. The 24-hour movie channel will feature such Hollywood hits as Lethal Weapon 4 and Men in Black, as well as original Home Box Office programming. "DirecTV is committed to bringing our customers the latest in television technology, which is why we dedicated our first HDTV channel to high-definition programming from HBO," DirecTV senior vice president of programming Stephanie Campbell said. HBO HDTV is one of two channels that DirecTV has reserved for high-definition programming this year. It will feature the same programming schedule as HBO's main service, HBO East, which expects to offer 60 percent of its lineup in HDTV by year's end. The DBS provider has also signed programming agreements with New Line Cinema and DreamWorks SKG, which will provide select movies in HDTV format to be seen on pay-per-view on DirecTV. - 7/20/99