"That's not a star honey, it's a satellite"
That's the tagline of DirecTV's recent ad campaign to promote their DVR's, and it's also a little more likely to be true, since they launched another satellite yesterday. The Spaceway F2 satellite launched yesterday in conjunction with the F1 that went up last spring will provide local television programming in high definition to 57 percent of US homes beginning next year.
As we mentioned previously, they already began broadcasting local channels in HD in Detroit, and will add four more cities by the end of the month. From the local station via broadband to DirecTV up to the satellite and back down to you, it's a long round trip but soon you'll be able to put the rabbit ears away for good.
