DIRECTV to Air 28 World Cup Games In 4K HDR

AT&T has posted a web page detailing DIRECTV’s plans to offer live 4K coverage of this month’s 2018 World Cup games from Russia.

See update on this article.

The telco has refused to confirm that DIRECTV will offer the games in 4K, although it has suggested in promotional material that it will.  Asked today if the satcaster will air the games in 4K, an AT&T spokeswoman would only say it would release programming plans for the games “in the next week.”

Update: AT&T later confirmed Directv will offer games in 4K, but would not provide additional details.

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But the AT&T web page, which can be found here, says DIRECTV will broadcast 28 round one games live in 4K HDR, starting with the June 14 matchup between Russia and Saudi Arabia at 8 a.m. Pacific time. The page does not list any games in subsequent rounds, but DIRECTV could add to the list in the coming days.

The 28 first round games will air on DIRECTV’s live 4K channel, which is 106.

Here is the complete DIRECTV 4K World Cup schedule, according to the AT&T web page.  All Times Pacific.