By The Associated Press
(Multichannel News) _ DirecTV may delay the launch of one of its two new planned satellites this year, according to the company.
Earlier this week, during a fourth-quarter conference call, DirecTV president Chase Carey confirmed that the launch of the company's first new satellite was still on target, set for this summer. But he suggested that the second planned satellite debut may be pushed back.
The company DirecTV plans to use for that launch, Sea Launch, suffered a setback late last month when a $300 million Dutch satellite it was launching exploded at liftoff http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6412800.html at sea.
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(Multichannel News) _ DirecTV may delay the launch of one of its two new planned satellites this year, according to the company.
Earlier this week, during a fourth-quarter conference call, DirecTV president Chase Carey confirmed that the launch of the company's first new satellite was still on target, set for this summer. But he suggested that the second planned satellite debut may be pushed back.
The company DirecTV plans to use for that launch, Sea Launch, suffered a setback late last month when a $300 million Dutch satellite it was launching exploded at liftoff http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6412800.html at sea.
http://hd.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=104641
It was news to me. Thought I read the date as march. Its the first ive heard about the fourth-quarter conference call remarks. I missed the previous post.
