Category: DIRECTV
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PBS Plans to Launch on Services Like DIRECTV NOW, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, & More This Year
Last year PBS announced efforts to launch on live TV streaming services like Hulu and YouTube TV. They carefully warned though that well PBS owns the rights to many of the syndicated shows the local content is owned by 350 some member stations that PBS as a parent company does not own or control. This…
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DIRECTV NOW Will Likely Report a Drop in Subscribers This Week
In November 2018, AT&T held their annual analyst’s days to discuss upcoming strategies for 2019. During that talk, AT&T warned analysts that DIRECTV NOW will likely lose subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018 and into 2019. Yet they still expect increased profitability in streaming video thanks to recent DIRECTV NOW price hikes and lower…
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Over 500,000 DIRECTV NOW Subscribers Paid Just $10 a Month in 2018
DIRECTV NOW has been known for some crazy good deals to get subscribers. Now we are getting an idea of just how many people took them up on this deal. During a talk at the 2019 Global TMT West Conference in Las Vegas, AT&T Chief Financial Officer John Stephens said, “At the end of the…
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DIRECTV NOW Expands 5.1 Audio to More Channels
Cord cutters have been asking for 5.1 audio on a live TV streaming service. DIRECTV NOW one of the first live TV streaming service to answer this request. Now DIRECTV NOW has started to roll out support to more channels. According to reports DIRECTV NOW now offers 5.1 audio on all channels that support Dolby…
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Someone May Have Stolen Your Hulu, Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, PlayStation Vue, & More Login
If you subscribe to a streaming service, it is possible your account could be getting used by other people. Selling login details for services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Sling TV is a big business. According to recent reports, stolen login details are up for sale for as cheap as $8.81. How common is this?…
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AT&T Is Working on a New Streaming Service, But the Name They Want Is Already Being Used
This week AT&T started to file trademark applications for a service called “Verge TV” that looks to be a new streaming service. (Possibly the new on-demand service we know they are launching next year.) If you think the name is familiar, you are likely thinking of TheVerge.com, and they don’t seem too pleased about it.…
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Here Is Everything We Know about DIRECTV NOW’s DVR Add-Ons
For about a year now, AT&T has been promising an add-on that will give DIRECTV NOW users expanded DVR storage. Now not a week goes by that some reader asks about when DIRECTV NOW will roll out the 100 hours of DVR storage add-on. Today I want to address that question. Recently AT&T has been…
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Update: AT&T Internet Customers Who Have DIRECTV NOW Will Be Exempt from Data Caps (With One Catch)
Last month, Cord Cutters News broke the story that AT&T is giving unlimited data to AT&T Internet customers who also have DIRECTV NOW. Typically, unlimited home internet costs an extra $30 a month. (AT&T home internet customers are limited to 1 TB of data a month unless they pay an extra $30 a month.) Back…
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AT&T Is Starting 2019 with $180 Billion of Debt
Over the last few years, AT&T has quickly been buying media companies with DIRECTV and Time Warner being two of the largest purchases. Now AT&T is starting 2019 with $180 billion of debt according to reports. According to reports, AT&T is looking for ways to sell some products and make more money from others to…
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YouTube TV vs Philo vs PlayStation Vue vs DIRECTV NOW vs Sling TV vs FuboTV vs Watch TV vs Hulu – Updated January 2019
2019 is here and the battle for the best live TV streaming services is heating up. As we wait for newcomers like T-Mobile TV to hit the market current providers are fighting to be the best live TV streaming service. With 8 very popular live TV services it is harder than ever to pick the…