Many options given viewers watching the U.S. Open on DirecTV
Those fans who will be watching the U.S. Open coverage on DirecTV will have some new enhanced options that will allow for the best viewing on the tournament to date.
“The U.S. Open Experience provides the most in-depth TV coverage for DIRECTV customers and golf fans,” said Eric Shanks, executive vice president, Entertainment for DIRECTV. “We are happy to be back again working with ESPN and NBC Sports to add a new dimension to the entire championship.”
The cool part of the coverage for those of you watching on DirecTV is that you have the ability to watch a number of holes at one time.
Mix Channel viewers will allow you to see your home network channel and three feature channels that will follow a group of golfers around the 7,426-yard course, focus on particular area of the course and provide an “in-depth” channel with live updates, highlights and interviews.
DirecTV has their own announcers and their own production crews on site to supplement the NBC and ESPN coverage.
Each of the extra channels will be offered in both standard- and high-definition and customers with interactive receivers can view all four channels in the Mix and use their remote to listen to any channels audio or tune directly to the full-screen channel. The Mix also features a real-time leader board to keep tabs on all the action.
The interactive services, available by pressing the red button on the remote, include a look at the top five leaders; the full leader board, with the ability to select any golfer for in-depth, hole-by-hole stats; a five-question, daily trivia contest on the history of the event; and a “Tune To” menu item that allows the viewer to tune directly to the Mix Channel (701) and any one of the four channels (702-705), including the main network feed.
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