The station had been broadcasting on low power digital between its analog signal shutdown and the full power activation, in addition to being carried on cable systems and DirecTV.

Radio One also owns a 51 % interest in TV One, a cable and satellite TV network begun in early 2004 in partnership with Comcast and a handful of investors ( including DirecTV, which added the network to its lineup and became a minority shareholder in January 2005 ).

The new logo was only implemented by Fox-owned FSN affiliates ; DirecTV Sports Networks ' affiliates debuted the new graphics but maintained the previous " pillbox " logo, and FSN New York and Comcast's affiliates re-branded under their own brands, MSG Plus and Comcast SportsNet, before the FSN re-launch.

DirecTV and Dish Network both include Lafayette TV stations in their local packages, though DirecTV does not yet offer local high definition stations.

Formerly, a glance at a U. S. stock symbol and its appended codes would allow an investor to determine where a stock trades ; however in July 2007, the SEC approved a rule change allowing companies moving from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq to retain their three letter symbols ; DirecTV was one of the first companies to make this move.

DirecTV and Dish Network also offer both Nickelodeon feeds, though unbranded as most of their children's networks have both time zone feeds by default.

On November 9, 2011, after the national test was attempted, stations began calling in saying that some of their receivers weren't able to relay the test, or some just didn't get the test at all ; DirecTV users reported even hearing Lady Gaga's " Paparazzi " throughout the test.

Subscribers of DirecTV, Dish Network and some cable providers can get the Cinemax networks without subscribing to HBO, though most cable providers offer the two services and their respective multiplexes as a single package.

USSB's development partner, Hughes Electronics ( a General Motors subsidiary ), launched their own subscription satellite service called DirecTV.

The network has also begun to air second runs of NBC series such as The Voice, Fashion Star, Whitney, and Are You There, Chelsea ?, and in the past has aired previews of G4 programming to give that network an extended promotional platform due to their lower carriage from being removed from DirecTV in November 2010.

It was reported that when DirecTV and Major League Baseball completed their deal for MLB Extra Innings in 2007, the deal will include DirecTV carrying Major League Baseball's league owned MLB Network, at first on an exclusive basis.

DirecTV in the US is now switching over to DVB-S2 with H. 264 / MPEG-4 AVC codec for their local and some national HDTV channels.

DirecTV added the HD channel to their lineup on June 23, 2010.

Two more card swaps would be necessary before the piracy headaches at DirecTV would finally go away ; a number of other providers are also in the middle of swapping out all of their subscribers ' smartcards due to compromised encryption methods or technology.

The remaining Starz multiplex channels, Starz Cinema and Starz In Black, launched their HD simulcast feeds on June 23, 2010, with DirecTV becoming the first provider to offer all six channels ( including both coastal feeds of the primary Starz channel ) in HD.

The # 29 team has Shell and Hershey, while the # 31 has Caterpillar, AstraZeneca, and Lenox Industrial Tools, and the # 07 has Jack Daniel's, DirecTV, and BB & T as their three sponsors.

On May 4, 2004, INdTV Holdings, a company co-founded by Gore and Joel Hyatt, purchased cable news channel NewsWorld International ( NWI ) from Vivendi Universal for the express purpose of launching their new network with the space on some digital cable lineups ( and DirecTV ) that NWI had.

Radio Disney could be heard previously on DirecTV channel 867, but as of February 9, 2010, DirecTV changed their music programming from XM Radio to Sonic Tap.

His fame expanded to include Hispanic viewers in the United States when Televicentro debuted on DirecTV, including El Condominio among their programming to be sent by satellite to viewers in the United States.

Occasionally, the Danettes share their thoughts with DirecTV viewers from a confessional booth called " The Box ".

In addition to their duties on the Dan Patrick Show, the Danettes have their own television program ; " The Box Score " airs on DirecTV ( in addition to being available online ) immediately following the Dan Patrick Show.

However, shortly after Opie and Anthony returned to FM radio, DirecTV decided to remove the channel from their service, claiming they wanted to go " all music.

DirecTV, a former subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft, is also headquartered in El Segundo for this reason.

DBS technology is used for DTH-oriented ( Direct-To-Home ) satellite TV services, such as DirecTV and DISH Network in the United States, Bell TV and Shaw Direct in Canada, Freesat and Sky Digital in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and New Zealand and DSTV in South Africa.

Such mobile DBS antennas are also used by JetBlue Airways for DirecTV ( supplied by LiveTV, a subsidiary of JetBlue ), which passengers can view on-board on LCD screens mounted in the seats.

The network has no digital on-screen graphic logo in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen on the HD feed, except for a ten-second promotional sweep of a Fox HD acknowledgement ( which before the end of 2010, also featured a sponsor tag for DirecTV ); instead a trigger in Fox's program delivery system at each station displays the affiliate station's logo bug in the 16: 9 right-hand corner of the screen, which disappears during commercial breaks ( during local pre-emptions of Fox programming the logo does remain on display even though the station is not airing the programming ).

The player would call an account server over the phone line to charge for viewing fees similar to the way DirecTV and Dish Network satellite systems handle pay-per-view.

A television deal signed with Comcast SportsNet in 2007 has also been criticized for not ensuring access to Blazer games via cable company Charter, as well as satellite television providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network, both of which compete with Comcast's cable television operations.

Although the new 20-inch Dish 500 was slightly larger than the then-current 18-inch Dish 300 and DirecTV Dishes it had the distinct advantage of obtaining signals from EchoStar's two adjacent satellite locations for a theoretical 500-channel capacity.

In 2006, the service " XM for Business " was launched on the DirecTV platform to provide 15 channels of interruption-free background music.

The WebTV division began developing most of Microsoft's television-based products, including the first satellite Digital Video Recorders ( the DishPlayer for EchoStar's Dish Network and UltimateTV for DirecTV ), Microsoft's cable TV products, the Xbox 360 hardware, and Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV platform.

WebTV produced reference designs of models incorporating a disk-based personal video recorder and a satellite tuner for EchoStar's Dish Network ( called " Dishplayer ") and for DirecTV ( called " UltimateTV ").

Image: Satellitedish1. JPG | General Electric satellite dish for DirecTV satellite television.

Previously, GPB Radio could be heard on the second audio program ( SAP ) of GPB analog TV at most times, and can still be heard this way on DirecTV, but for unknown reasons not on over-the-air digital TV.

After his retirement from baseball, Sutcliffe became a color commentator for the San Diego Padres on Channel 4 San Diego ( 1997 – 2004 ), ESPN ( 1998 – present ) and DirecTV / MLB International ( 1997 – 2002 and since 2010, as well as a minor-league pitching coach in the San Diego Padres system for a couple of seasons.

Trebek also appears in many Colonial Penn Life Insurance commercials, and reprised his role as host of To Tell the Truth in a 2010 advertisement for DirecTV.

Valve amplifiers are used for applications such as guitar amplifiers, satellite transponders such as DirecTV and GPS, audiophile stereo amplifiers, military applications ( such as radar ) and very high power radio and UHF television transmitters.

A month after the premiere of Beat the Devil, DirecTV began airing the entire series, in half-hour loops for five full weeks, on one of the blank satellite channels the system offered.

host Kevin Pereira echoed Comcast's sentiments about the decision, " G4 has tried to make this same deal for over 3 years but DirecTV has rejected this, claiming that they do not see the value in G4.

In 2009, Piniella did a commercial for DirecTV.

He also made commercials for DirecTV, Taco Bell, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kellogg's, and Disney.