DirecTV (Centralia)

1997-2002


DirecTV was launched in March 1997 in Centralia and May 1997 in Castilla, serving as the main competitor of Vía Telecom in both countries. Operating under the digital satellite direct-to-home tecnologhy, the company was a joint-venture between Hughes Electronic Corp. and centralian Vittel Satellite Television, Ltd..

Although it have a solid subscription bases, the platform never reached his main competitor in 5 years of operations, and following his exit from Hokusei two years ago, the service was sold to Celsius Media Corp., S.A. in November 2001, shutting down the services entirely in July 2002. His natural succesor is Celsius.

Channel lineup

 * February 2000