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DIRECTV Offers Local Channels in Kansas City

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 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 Kansas City, Mo.

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

DIRECTV customers in the Kansas City DMA can subscribe to a local channel package that includes KMBC (ABC), KSHB (NBC), WDAF (FOX) and KCTV (CBS). 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 Kansas City,'' 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 Kansas City to cut cable and choose DIRECTV as their source for home entertainment.''

Local Kansas City channels from DIRECTV are available in the following counties:

Kansas:
Anderson        Franklin          Linn
Atchison        Johnson           Miami
Douglas         Leavenworth       Wyandotte

Missouri:
Bates           Clinton           Henry              Livingston
Caldwell        Daviess           Jackson            Pettis
Carroll         Gentry            Johnson            Platte
Cass            Grundy            Lafayette          Ray
Clay            Harrison          Linn               Saline