DIRECTV’s Exclusive Mix Channel Features TNT and CBS Broadcasts in
HD Along with Interactive Services For a More In-depth Viewing Experience
DIRECTV will complete its exclusive Mix Channel/interactive coverage of
all four of professional golf’s majors with its broadcast of the 2009
PGA Championship Aug. 13-16, the last major of the year.
Supplementing broadcast feeds from TNT and CBS, as well as online
content from PGA.com, DIRECTV will be the only TV provider to offer
expanded, four-channel coverage of the 91st PGA Championship
at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. for all four days
of the Championship. Golf fans will have the opportunity to watch the
drama unfold live on three extra channels in addition to the main
network feed, only on DIRECTV.
DIRECTV’s expanded coverage, available free to customers, will include
channels dedicated to following a marquee group of players, the play on
the course's four challenging Par 3 holes and “Players in Depth,”
featuring highlights and interviews with the leaderboard’s top players.
All four channels (702-705) will be in HD and displayed on DIRECTV’s Mix
Channel (701) with each tuneable to full screen. For more details visit
directv.com/pga.
The feature channels, along with live network coverage, will be
available throughout each network’s broadcast hours, Thursday and Friday
from TNT (2-8 p.m. ET) and on Saturday and Sunday from TNT (11 a.m. - 2
p.m. ET ) and CBS (2-7 p.m. ET). Complimentary online coverage will also
be available all four days from PGA.com.
“The 2009 PGA Championship is golfers’ last shot at glory this year and
for golf fans their final opportunity to see golf the way it was meant
to be seen, on multiple screens, in HD with instant access to scorecards
and leaderboard information,” said Eric Shanks, executive vice
president, DIRECTV Entertainment. “With our broadcast partners we’ve
been able to take the golf viewing experience on TV to an entirely new
level, infusing that happy marriage between technology and sports with
an exciting blend of vivid imagery and information that is vital for any
red-blooded sports fan.”
In addition to the Mix Channel, DIRECTV will offer on each full-screen
HD channel, a menu of features instantly accessible via remote:
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Top Five Leaders: Displays the top five current scores against par.
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Leaderboard: Provides information on all golfers in the field and
access to player scorecards and hole-by-hole stats for each player in
the field. The current round and any previous rounds are included. At
the top of the page, the players’ current year statistics are
displayed.
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PGA Championship Trivia: A new five-question quiz on the history of
the PGA Championship appears each day.
About DIRECTV
DIRECTV, Inc. (NASDAQ:DTV),
the nation’s No. 1 satellite television service, presents the finest
television experience available to 18.3 million customers in the United
States and is leading the HD revolution with more than 130 HD channels –
more quality HD channels than any other television provider. Each day,
DIRECTV subscribers enjoy access to over 265 channels of 100% digital
picture and sound, exclusive programming, industry-leading customer
satisfaction (which has surpassed all national cable companies for nine
years running) and superior technologies that include advanced DVR and
HD-DVR services and the most state-of-the-art interactive sports
packages available anywhere. For the most up-to-date information on
DIRECTV, please visit directv.com.
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