DirecTV may try broadband on power lines

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.
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