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DIRECTV Offers Local Channels in Austin, Texas

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2000--DIRECTV, Inc., provider of the nation's leading digital television service, announced today the availability of local broadcast network channels via satellite for its DIRECTV® customers in Austin, Texas.

Beginning Dec. 22, all DIRECTV customers in the Austin designated market area (DMA) will receive a free preview of their local broadcast network channel package.

DIRECTV customers in the Austin DMA can subscribe to a local channel package that includes KXAN (NBC), KEYE (CBS), KVUE (ABC) and KTBC (FOX). DIRECTV customers can subscribe to their local channel package for $5.99 per month. In addition to local broadcast network channels, a national PBS feed is included in each local channel package at no additional charge.

``The availability of local channels ushers in a new era for DIRECTV, and we are excited to commence our local channel offerings in Austin,'' said Stephanie A. Campbell, senior vice president, Programming for DIRECTV, Inc. ``By offering local channels on DIRECTV, our customers can access entertainment and information that's most relevant to their lives and their community. Now is as good a time as any for consumers in Austin to cut cable and choose DIRECTV as their source for home entertainment.''

Local Austin channels from DIRECTV are available in the following counties:

    BASTROP
    BLANCO
    BURNET
    CALDWELL
    FAYETTE
    HAYS
    LEE
    LLANO
    MASON
    TRAVIS
    WILLIAMSON