New York – DirecTV announced during an earnings conference call that it will launch Turner Network Television’s HDTV feed beginning Feb. 17.
The HD channel will be added to DirecTV’s HD package, joining ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, Discovery HD Theater, HDNet, HDNet Movies and Universal HD. The package is priced at $10.99 per month.
DirecTV customers with HD equipment can also receive Home Box Office’s HBO HDTV and Showtime Networks Inc.’s SHO HD as part of their premium-package subscriptions, pay-per-view movies and local HD programming in select markets.