MEXICANAL Now Available on DIRECTV PARA TODOS(R) Programming

MEXICANAL Now Available on DIRECTV PARA TODOS(R) Programming

New Channel Brings Mexico's Heartland to U.S. Hispanics Starting Today

WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., provider of the nation's leading digital satellite television service, in association with Castalia Communications and Cablecom, launched today MEXICANAL, a new channel that will enable Mexicans in the United States from regions outside Mexico City to watch their favorite television programs from their hometowns, cities and regions of origin.

The new channel, exclusively for DIRECTV PARA TODOS(R) service customers, will include the best regional and original programming from public broadcasters, independent producers and local access stations from more than six regions across Mexico. The channel will initially feature programming from Guanajuato, Jalisco, Estado de Mexico, Nuevo Leon and San Luis Potosi, among others.

Among the initial programmers contributing to MEXICANAL are Canal 7 Guadalajara, Jalisco; TV4 Leon, Guanajuato; Television Mexiquense Toluca, Estado de Mexico; TVNL Monterrey, Nuevo Leon and Canal Universo, San Luis Potosi.

WHEN: The channel launches today, Tuesday, Aug. 23.

WHERE: MEXICANAL will be available on viewer channel 412.

CONTACT: Robert Mercer, DIRECTV, Inc., (310) 964-4683 Jennifer Gonzalez, PainePR, (213) 996-3804 Jeff Pryor, Pryor & Associates, (818) 338-3555

PRNewswire -- Aug. 23

Source: DIRECTV, Inc.

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