DirecTV will offer local high-definition (HD) broadcast networks to 67 markets, representing approximately 74 percent of U.S. TV households, after it rolls out 25 more local HD markets by year’s end.

In cities ranging from Oklahoma City and Fort Myers, Fla., to Albuquerque, N.M., and Portland, Maine, local news, sports and popular primetime programming from ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC will be available in HD to customers who subscribe to any Total Choice programming package offering local channels.

With the launch of two new satellites, DirecTV-10 and DirecTV-11, in 2007, the company will have the ability to deliver more than 1,500 local HD and digital channels with 150 national HD channels plus new programming services.