DirecTV Delivers March Maddness in HD
March 9, 2007 at 6:47 pm 3 comments
Even though DirecTV has been offering the NCAA basketball tournament package for a few years, this year will be the first time that all games will be broadcast in HD, DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer says.
The $69 Mega March Madness package (no extra charge for HD games) includes all 64 tournament games, which begin next week. DirecTV will also offer with the Mega March madness package several interactive features (which require DirecTV Plus receiver). The Game Mix feature offers up to four broadcasts on a single channel, up-to-the-minute tournament scores and statistics available at the push of a button, and an on-screen tournament bracket that will allow fans to input and track their own game picks.
“This Mega March Madness service is great, because it allows fans to follow their favorite teams and catch the historic moments as they develop throughout the entire tournament regardless of which city fans reside in,” said UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland, whom DirecTV signed as the official spokesman for the Mega March Madness package.
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Brian | March 12, 2007 at 8:47 pm
I’m not sure “all games will be broadcast in HD” is an accurate statement.
From the directv website…
“Select games are available in HD on channels 709 and 710.”
Note that is only two channels, when there are up to four games in progress at any one time.
2.
hideftv | March 20, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I think Mercer may have meant all games broadcast will be done so in HD, and not that every game will be broadcast and done so in HD. I could be mistaken though…
3.
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