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DIRECTV Offers Local Channels in Cincinnati

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2000--DIRECTV Inc., provider of the nation's leading digital television service, today announced the availability of local broadcast network channels via satellite for its DIRECTV® customers in Cincinnati.

Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 20, all DIRECTV customers in the Cincinnati designated market area (DMA) will receive a free preview of their local broadcast network channel package.

DIRECTV customers in the Cincinnati DMA can subscribe to a local channel package that includes WLWT (NBC), WXIX (FOX) and WCPO (ABC). 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. DIRECTV is in active discussion with WKRC (CBS) and will begin broadcasting the station as soon as an agreement is reached.

"The availability of local channels ushers in a new era for DIRECTV, and we are excited to commence our local channel offerings in Cincinnati,'' said Stephanie A. Campbell, senior vice president, Programming for DIRECTV.

"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 this market to cut cable and choose DIRECTV as their source for home entertainment.''

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

Indiana Counties:

Dearborn             Ripley
Franklin             Switzerland
Ohio                 Union

Kentucky Counties:

Boone                Kenton
Bracken              Mason
Campbell             Owen
Gallatin             Pendleton
Grant                Robertson

Ohio Counties:

Adams                Clinton
Brown                Hamilton
Butler               Highland
Clermont             Warren

Montgomery (Selected Zip Codes)
45327
45342
45458

Local channels are delivered to DIRECTV customers in the Cincinnati area from DIRECTV's primary orbital slot at 101 degrees West Longitude. As a result, DIRECTV customers can receive their local channels as well as DIRECTV's current lineup of national digital entertainment and information programming through their existing set-top box and 18-inch antenna.