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January 2, 2008 Brigid Calamis at (202) 418-2200
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER ROBERT MCDOWELL 
I am so pleased that PBS, the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) and 
DirecTV have reached an agreement to make available PBS’s HD content and standard 
definition multicast channels to DirecTV customers.  Like the agreement PBS and APTS reached 
with NCTA, this deal demonstrates that programmers with compelling content will obtain 
carriage for their HD and multicast offerings in the marketplace.  The innovative agreement also 
provides that the parties will work cooperatively to offer viewers a vast library of on demand 
content from local stations across the country.  Through local public television stations, PBS 
provides some of the best children’s, news and public affairs programming on television.  I 
commend PBS and APTS for their efforts to provide quality content over a broad range of video 
platforms and DirecTV for bringing this valuable programming to its subscribers.