International Television

International Television (ITV) is one of Monasoki's two Direct-broadcast_satellite direct-broadcast satellite] providers. ITV competes directly with MonaSat. ITV launched on February 1, 2015, replacing DirecTV DirecTV]. ITV is a subsidiary of Matthew Media.

History
ITV was announced in early-January 2015 by Matthew Media. The owner of MM had been in talks to acquire Capitol Region-area cable provider Carrollton Cable, but turned it down in favor of launching a new satellite services. A few weeks later, ITV announced an alignment with DirecTV DirecTV]. Under the agreement, ITV will acquire DirecTV's operations in Monasoki in addition to acquiring the NFL_Sunday_Ticket NFL Sunday Ticket] exclusively. Many thought that ITV would align directly with DirecTV. MonaSat directly aligned with Dish_Network Dish Network], but unlike ITV, MonaSat carried the same channel lineup and services as Dish. ITV will run on its own dedicated servers with a custom channel list.

Future
In February 2015, ITV announced that it would acquire DirecTV in Hawaii. The channel lineups will be different, as some channels are different from Monasoki to Hawaii.

Price Range
ITV offers three core packages, plus seven add-on packages.


 * Basic - The Basic package includes about forty-nine channels for $29.99/mo.
 * Extended - The Extended package includes a number of channels for $39.99/mo.
 * Premium - The Premium package includes a number of channels for $49.99/mo.
 * Sports' - The Sports add-on package includes a number of specialty sports channels for $15.00/mo.
 * Movies - There are six movie add-on packs. Five for all five major movie networks, as well as a collection of multiple, individual movie channels.