{"id":83718,"date":"2012-01-05T23:34:38","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T15:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/directv-subscription-rates-set-to-increase-in-february\/"},"modified":"2012-01-05T23:34:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T15:34:38","slug":"directv-subscription-rates-set-to-increase-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/directv-subscription-rates-set-to-increase-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"DirecTV Subscription Rates Set to Increase in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[01-05-12] U.S. pay-TV operator <strong>DirecTV<\/strong> will raise its rates by an average of 4 percent beginning in February, the company confirmed Jan. 4.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;In a statement, DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said the new price hike, \u201creflects the increasing cost of programming and the significant investments we\u2019ve made to enhance our customers\u2019 viewing experience.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;Sports programming services are responsible for 20 percent of daily U.S. satellite pay-TV viewership, but also account for about 50 percent of operator\u2019s content costs. DirecTV holds the rights to the National Football League\u2019s popular Sunday Ticket package.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;DirecTV competitor <strong>Dish Network<\/strong> froze its prices through January 2013 on primary programming packages as part of a previous price increase implemented last February, which raised its monthly rates by $3 to $5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[01-05-12] U.S. pay-TV operator DirecTV will raise its rates by an average of 4 percent beginning in February, the company confirmed Jan. 4. &nbsp; &nbsp;In a statement, DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said the new price hike, \u201creflects the increasing cost of programming and the significant investments we\u2019ve made to enhance our customers\u2019 viewing experience.\u201d &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}