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DIRECTV Offers Local Channels in Salt Lake City

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 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 Salt Lake City.

Beginning June 2, all DIRECTV customers in the Salt Lake City designated market area (DMA) will receive a free preview of their local broadcast network channel package.

DIRECTV customers in the Salt Lake City DMA can subscribe to a local channel package that includes KUTV (CBS), KSL (NBC), KSTU (FOX) and KJZZ (UPN). 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 KTVX (ABC) 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 Salt Lake City,'' 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 these markets to cut cable and choose DIRECTV as their source for home entertainment.''

Local Salt Lake City channels from DIRECTV will be available in the following counties in Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming:

Utah:                                        Idaho:
--  Beaver       --  Piute                   --  Bear Lake
--  Box Elder    --  Rich                    --  Franklin
--  Cache        --  Salt Lake               --  Oneida
--  Carbon       --  San Juan
--  Daggett      --  Sanpete                 Nevada:
--  Davis        --  Sevier                  --  Elko
--  Duchesne     --  Summit                  --  White Pine
--  Emery        --  Tooele
--  Garfield     --  Uintah                  Wyoming:
--  Grand        --  Utah                    --  Sublette
--  Iron         --  Wasatch                 --  Sweetwater
--  Juab         --  Washington              --  Uinta
--  Kane         --  Wayne
--  Millard      --  Weber
--  Morgan

Local channels are delivered to DIRECTV customers in the Salt Lake City 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.