TV Venezuela Debuts on DIRECTV PARA TODOS(R) Programming Service

TV Venezuela Debuts on DIRECTV PARA TODOS(R) Programming Service

New Channel Will be Exclusive Source of Best News and Entertainment TV
Programming from Home for Venezuelans in the U.S.

Starting in Jan. 10, 2006 and for the first time, the best of Venezuela's televised news and entertainment programming will be available to Venezuelans living in the United States via a new channel -- TV Venezuela -- exclusively for DIRECTV PARA TODOS(R) programming customers.

TV Venezuela was developed by SUR Corp. through an exclusive multi-year agreement with DIRECTV, which will package a wide range of programming, including entertainment, news, variety programs, comedy and sports coverage, from Venezuela's top-rated stations. Programming will include popular channels such as GLOBOVISION and Radio Caracas, as well as other regional content.

Who: DIRECTV, the nation's leading digital television service with
more than 15 million customers.

What: TV Venezuela, a channel that provides something for Venezuelans
living in the US that no other channel can provide -- a direct
link to their home country as it is today, with programming
direct from Globovision, RCTV and other national networks, plus
important regional broadcasters.

Where: Channel 409 on DIRECTV.

PRNewswire -- Jan. 10

Source: DIRECTV

CONTACT: Robert Mercer of DIRECTV, Inc., +1-310-726-4683; or Kathy Zadak
of PainePR, +1-213-996-3810, for DIRECTV, Inc.

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