Blizzard Entertainment’s third BlizzCon gaming convention will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 10 and 11. DirecTV has announced that the BlizzCon gaming convention will be broadcast live in high-definition on Oct. 10 and 11 and will be available to DirecTV’s pay per view package subscribers exclusively. DirecTV also announced that the pay per view event will be available free to new subscribers signing DIRECTV service by Sept. 30, 2008.
DIRECTV’s pay per view event will be available for a minimum of eight hours of coverage from the show floor on each day of BlizzCon gaming convention which include:
The opening ceremony
Main stage presentations
Exclusive interviews
Tournament coverage
Demos, and more
BlizzCon gaming convention covered by DirecTV will be broadcast for more than 16 hours in high-definition programming and will be available on DIRECTV channel 97- HD and channel -120 SD. “This first-ever BlizzCon pay per view event is an exciting option for Blizzard gamers across the country,” said Steven Roberts, senior vice president, New Media and Business Development, DIRECTV, Inc. “For the first time, they don’t have to rely on the Internet to get the inside scoop on the convention. Viewers will feel like they are actually walking the show floor as they watch live coverage of the event from DIRECTV in HD. We are happy to be partnering with Blizzard Entertainment and to televise one of the most highly anticipated gaming conventions of the year exclusively to DIRECTV
customers nationwide.”
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