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To: rocky haag who wrote (32724)	4/25/1998 12:06:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

HDTV settop boxes needed......................................... multichannel.com Weekly Edition for April 27, 1998: DBS EXECS MULL HDTV PLANS; CONSUMER UPGRADES NEEDED By MONICA HOGAN New York -- Direct-broadcast satellite providers may deliver high-definition television as early as the end of this year, but the signals won't reach current DBS systems. DirecTv Inc. president Eddy Hartenstein said last week that the company's first two full-time HDTV channels would be launched from its new Galaxy III-R satellite. "Whether it becomes profitable enough for us to do that at 101 [degrees west] remains to be seen," he added. Until then, current DirecTv subscribers would need a new, slightly larger dish to receive signals from both Galaxy III-R and from the company's main satellites at the 101 orbital location. Also required would be new receiving equipment that integrates signals from both orbital locations. Thomson Consumer Electronics plans to build the upgraded Digital Satellite System technology directly into its first digital televisions and HDTV set-top boxes. According to Hartenstein, DirecTv is in discussions with three other manufacturers to build similar devices. "As soon as sets are commercially available, we'll have two channels of high-definition programming," Hartenstein said during a SkyForum conference here last Wednesday. He said the channels will air full-time, and they will be devoted to pay-per-view movies.