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DirecTV also offers local channels like [[MeTV]], [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]], [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]], [[CBS]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[NBC]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]], [[The CW Television Network|The CW]], [[MyNetworkTV]], [[Telemundo]], [[TV Azteca|Azteca]], [[Univision]], [[ION Television]] (in markets that carry that network), and some [[independent station]]s in markets covering over 99.2% of U.S. TV households.<ref name="DTV Locals">{{cite web|title=HD Locals|url=http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/content/hd/hd_locals|publisher=DirecTV|accessdate=2013-06-30}}</ref> In markets that lack an OTA CW affiliate, DirecTV offers [[WDCW]] from Washington or [[KTLA]] from Los Angeles (both in standard definition, only). Because DirecTV does not carry local [[digital subchannel]]s, however, broadcast networks such as [[MeTV]] and [[Antenna TV]] are not available on DirecTV in most markets.
Subscribers located where they cannot receive an adequate terrestrial television signal and/or live in a
In the largest markets, local channels are carried on the satellite at 101°W. In some smaller markets, the local channels are carried on a second satellite located at 119°W which requires a slightly larger dish with two or three [[Low-noise block converter|LNBs]] or the newer K<sub>a</sub>/K<sub>u</sub> 5-LNB dish. In a few smaller markets, local stations are located on a satellite at 72.5°W that requires a second dish to be installed.
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In late 2005, DirecTV began providing local HDTV channels to the largest markets, requiring newer receivers with a larger dish capable of receiving signals from up to five satellites at once. The K<sub>u</sub>-band signals on the newer K<sub>a</sub>/K<sub>u</sub> dish are received from 101°W, 110°W, and 119°W, while K<sub>a</sub>-band signals are from 99°W and 103°W.
Local television channels are transmitted over [[optical fiber]] links, [[Ku band|K<sub>u</sub>-band]] satellite uplink, [[microwave]], and conventional terrestrial transmission to [[Satellite truck|uplink centers]] located throughout the United States
[[File:JetBlue DIRECTV.jpg|thumb|JetBlue promotes DirecTV on board Airbus A320 N510JB "Out of the Blue"]] [[File:DTV-plane2.jpg|thumb|DirecTV on board a jetBlue plane.]]
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