Our interest in localnews, traffic andweather during drive times, for example, will remain strong, but we won't necessarily be getting it from local television news, or even radio.
"The launch of national HD channels capture the headlines, but the ability to watch localnews, weatherand primetime programming in HD or SD, remains an important part of our customers' daily viewing, " said Derek Chang, executive vice president, Content Strategy and Development for DIRECTV.