Originally Posted by TOOL

well direct had channels like fuel, fox business, chiller and when the contracts came up for renewal, they decided to broadcast to other providers as well. A lot of channels and packages are under review with the fcc to determine the legality of offering that channel to only one provider. Now I do not think direct with loose the channels but sooner than later all provider will have all hd channels and all sports/ppv packages. Right now its pretty much a space race. Almost every single customer I have chatted with that has went with satellite says they do so because of a channel or the nfl package.