DIRECTV MAY TRY BROADBAND ON POWER LINES
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Yinka Adegoke and Robert MacMillan]
Satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc. may test delivering high-speed
Internet service through power lines in a major U.S. city in the next year, its
chief executive said on Monday. DirecTV and others are talking to companies
that specialize in providing broadband through the electrical grid. DirecTV
would like to test delivering Internet access on power lines in a "top 50 city
where you're covering at least half the city." While DirecTV and fellow
satellite TV operator EchoStar Communications Corp. have managed to keep
increasing their subscriber base in the face of stiff competition from cable
operators, Wall Street analysts have long questioned what broadband strategy
the satellite operators will employ to counter competitive pressures.
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1433448320070514
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