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RiseStar · December 14th, 2008, 01:39 AM

DirecTV is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Tallahassee, FL, designated market area. The company now offers local HD broadcast channels in 116 cities, representing more than 87 percent of U.S. TV households.

In other DirecTV news, the company has launched a second wave of local public TV stations in HD, adding 10 more markets. DirecTV launched 14 markets last week and plans to roll out additional markets through the end of the year and in 2009. Local PBS stations in HD were launched today in the following markets: Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, NY; Toledo and Youngstown, OH; Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI; Indianapolis; Knoxville, TN; San Diego and San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA; Springfield-Holyoke, MA; and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL.

Under an agreement reached late last year by DirecTV, the Association of Public Television Stations and PBS, DirecTV will offer HD programming from local public TV stations in markets where it now provides local HD.