DIRECTV Raising HD Fees?
While it's true DIRECTV is expanding its high-definition offering at an impressive pace, the company also seems ready to expand how much subscribers are going to pay for it. An email sent to the company's customers this week said that unless they pay $4.99 more each month, three popular high-def channels will be pulled from their channel lineups.
Beginning Dec. 15, DIRECTV said HDNet, HDNet Movies and Universal HD will move to the company's newly-developed high-def programming package dubbed DIRECTV HD Extra Pack. The company has offered the channels in the past as part of its basic high-def package for $10 per month.
Unfortunately for subscribers who have become accustomed to the amount of high-def programming they receive now, a few other channels will move to the new package as well. The company said when the December deadline comes, Smithsonian HD, MGM HD and MHD (MTV's new HD channel) will also jump to the HD Extra Pack.
In addition to the regular $10 monthly HD fee, DIRECTV said that both new and existing customers will have to pay the extra $5 to continue receiving all six high-def channels. The company also said all the channels slated to move will be available until the December deadline via a free preview promotion.
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