DirecTV To Expand Local Programming With New Satellite

[John Corn]

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--DirecTV's 7S satellite, which will expand local programming capability, will be launched as soon as the end of January, said Eddy Hartenstein, chairman and chief executive.
Speaking at the Satellite Broadcasting Communications Association's semiannual SkyForum meeting here Thursday, Hartenstein said the satellite will be delivered at the end of the year and shipped to the launch site Jan. 1 or 2.

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