Multimedia Mania

For this assignment, I chose to find the availability of the groups six shows in the Chicago (zip code 60601) area if someone were to use Direct TV. When looking up information, I found that majority of the channels could be found in the basic Direct TV package, but for the WGN channel, one would need to purchase the Choice Xtra package. The basic Direct TV package consists of 150 channels plus digital channels for $29.99 while the Choice Xtra package has 210 channels plus digital channels at $34.99. When finding how often the television shows appeared using this service, I looked to see how often the shows came on each day of that week. For some shows they were broadcasted everyday of the week so I put down what network the show played on and how often a day one could view the show. For the other shows that were on specific days of the week, I wrote how many times a week they were shown. The showings are as follows:

-Casa Cerrado: Telemundo twice a day
-The Office: Fox, CW west, NBC, and TBS eight times a day
-The Colbert Report: Comedy Central 23 times a week
-Family Guy: WGN, TBS, Cartoon Network, CW, seven times a day
-Law & Order: TNT three times a day
-Glee: Fox six times a week

Overall, I believe that purchasing the Direct TV basic package is all someone needs to access these shows at least twice a week and more than 800 channels.
The source that was used to find all of this information was DirectTV.com