DirecTV plans to increase the prices of its programming packages by an average of 4.5 percent, starting Feb. 7, due to the higher programming costs the satellite-television provider expects to pay in 2013.
The company said the programming costs it pays to owners of television channels will increase about 8% next year, according to a post on its customer support Web site.
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