Entertainment Center: TVs, Stereos, VCRs and DVDs - Wiring for Direct TV

Thanks in advance for any help offered...
I am finishing my basement. I currently have Digital Cable, but am switching to Direct TV soon. I have two TV's upstairs with regular coaxial cable running up to them. I have already run coaxial cable to a box in the basement where the TV will be. All these cables meet in the basement where the Digital Cable comes in from outside and they are split up by a splitter.
When I get Direct TV this Summer, will the installer need to run a different cable to my TV's, or does it use regular coaxial cable? Does each TV need it's own phone line for satellite? I'm trying to figure all this out so I can make it easy for the installer this Summer to hook me up. It would be easier now for me to run new cables, phone lines, etc. rather than wait until after the basement is finished in a couple of months.
Thanks...

This comes from the DirecTV website:

If the cable in your house is RG-6 coax cable, you can use it to connect your DIRECTV Receiver to your satellite dish. If your cable is not RG6 coax, you will need to run new cable. It is important that you use RG6 cable due to the frequency of the digital signals it must carry.

I have DirecTV on three of my televisions at home and you only need one phone line for all of the TVs.

you'll need 2 cables to the dish's location. From the dish you can run them into your basement and couple them to the cables for the outlets. However, if you're considering a dual-tuner type DVR/PVR, (able to record one show while watching another at the same time) you will need 2 cables between the basement and the TV...one cable for each tuner inside. This was my experience with some older dual-channel PVR's, so you may want to check on this. The following will only apply to 3 or more recievers or a dual-tuner PVR and another reciver. The installer will use a "multiplexer" in the basement to split the two cables from the satellite dish into 3 or 4 cables or runs to the recievers.

Satellite uses the same type of coaxial cable as digital cable, RG-6, so if you have that already you can re-use it. If not, it will need to be replaced.

Telephone lines at each reciever are a good idea. I don't think you have to have them, unless you're getting the PVR's or will want to watch pay-per-view events/movies, etc. The satellite reciver will need to talk to the mothership in these cases and Dish Network (my present provider) charges an extra fee for telephone ordering. Don't forget DSL filters here if needed!

Like digital cable, you will need a sat reciever for each TV where you want to watch a different channels at the same time. Also, the cable from the wall must run to the reciever first, then to the TV set. You can run the reciver's OUTPUT to more than one TV, but they will all be watching the same show.

Hope this helped!

The phone line is needed so the DVR can get updated schedules. Otherwise its only needed if you watch pay-per-view and then so DirecTv can bill you for them.

And yes, the DirecTv Tivo is well worth it!