Category: DirecTV Stream
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DIRECTV And Cox Launch AR Version of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
NBCUniversal brings late-night entertainment to the virtual world with an immersive augmented reality experience featuring Bravo’s hit talk show, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, in a new partnership with Cox and DIRECTV. Starting today, fans who have DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM, COX, or Sling TV can interact with Cohen’s Clubhouse by virtually walking through…
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The Recap: Another DIRECTV Blackout, ESPN and MLB Lose Tons of Subscribers, and More
DIRECTV subscribers were hit hard by another blackout, this time with ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliates owned by Tegna. Meanwhile, there’s more indication of cable TV’s struggles, along with some tough numbers to swallow for ESPN and the MLB Network. As always, there was a lot going on in the world of cord cutting.…
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DIRECTV Says it Would Consider Cutting Out Locals to Avoid ‘Driving Business Off a Cliff’
DIRECTV has faced enough of these programming blackouts that one of its top executives said it may be time for the company to consider whether it’s worth offering local stations at all. “We’re starting to get to a point where enough’s enough,” DIRECTV Chief Content Officer Rob Thun told Cord Cutters News on Thursday. “We…
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DIRECTV is Offering $25 Gift Cards and Free Antennas After Tegna Blackout: Here is What You Need to Know
DIRECTV has run into another programming dispute, leading to its second blackout of local ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX channels this year. This time it’s with Tegna, which owns 64 locals in 51 regions that are carried by DIRECTV. Given the last dispute with Nexstar lasted two and a half months, there’s no telling how…
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DIRECTV & DIRECTV STREAM Just Lost 64 ABC, CBS, FOX & NBC Locals After Tegna Rejects Surprising A La Carte Plan
DIRECTV failed to reach a deal with local broadcast station owner Tegna, resulting in 64 local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC channels going dark for its core satellite offering, as well as streaming services AT&T TV, and DIRECTV STREAM. Tegna, whose stations cover 51 markets, began warning viewers this weekend that it may pull its…
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Peacock Removes Claim It Has the Most Live Sports of Any Streamer
Peacock quietly removed a line that says it offers the “most live sports of any streamer” on its site after DIRECTV complained about the legitimacy of the claim. DIRECTV slammed the claim, arguing that its own DIRECTV Stream, as well as its DIRECTV service delivered over the internet, offers more live sports than Peacock. Cord…
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DIRECTV is Releasing a Fix For ‘Down Arrow’ TV Guide Shortcut on Roku Remotes
An update from DIRECTV Stream that came out a week ago removed a beloved feature for Roku users: The ability to immediately pull up the TV guide by hitting down on the Roku remote. DIRECTV said on Thursday that a fix is here. “A fix has been released for accessing the guide which started going…
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One of The Largest IPTV Services Shuts Down As Owner is Arrested
One illegal IPTV platform felt the hammer go down as raids in Argentina led to the shutdown of Digital TV and the arrest of its founder. Digital TV boasted around 85,000 customers and offered a library of 900 live channels including sports, 8,000 films, 400 television series, and some adult content. The raid was sparked…
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DIRECTV & DIRECTV STREAM Will Add NFL Network & NFL RedZone
DIRECTV is teaming up with the National Football League and NFL RedZone, renewing a multi-year affiliate agreement with NFL Media. The new agreement announced today will extend existing coverage of NFL Networks on DIRECTV in addition to adding DIRECTV STREAM and U-Verse to NFL Network’s distribution, which already averages 16.7 million people tuning in per…
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AT&T Comments On a DIRECTV & Dish Network Merger
Back in 2021, AT&T sold 30 percent of its economic stake in DIRECTV along with U-Verse and AT&T TV to TPG Capital to form a new DIRECTV. Since then, there have been talks and much speculation over DIRECTV merging with Dish Network. There have been several attempts to merge DIRECTV and Dish Network in recent…