Category: DIRECTV
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Here Are All The Locals DIRECTV NOW Added This Week
Over the weekend DIRECTV NOW added a long list of locals. Now Cord Cutters News has obtained a full list of locals DIRECTV NOW added. Several readers have contacted Cord Cutters News to say they got an email but didn’t get any new locals. Hopefully, this list of locals answers your questions: Baton Rouge, LA…
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Some DIRECTV NOW Customers Received New Channel Emails By Mistake
Did you get an email yesterday saying you got CBS, FOX, and NBC added? Well, that email may have been a mistake. Multiple readers have contacted Cord Cutters News to say they got the email but already have the channels listed or they didn’t get the locals listed. It seems that email went out to almost…
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DIRECTV NOW is Adding More Nextstar Owned CBS, FOX, and NBC Affiliates
Today AT&T started adding more CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates to their live TV streaming service DIRECTV NOW. This time Nexstar affiliates are being added. Back in November 2017, Nexstar announced that their ABC, CBS, and NBC owned affiliates would be coming to PlayStation Vue. Now it looks like PlayStation Vue is once again adding…
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DIRECTV NOW Is Adding More Sinclair-Owned & Operated Locals
Yesterday several readers contacted Cord Cutters News to notify us that DIRECTV NOW has added WCYB, an NBC affiliate, and WEMT, a FOX affiliate, in the Tri-Cities TN/VA area. What is interesting about this is DIRECTV NOW is expanding into Sinclair-operated but not owned affiliates. Sinclair not only manages locals they own but also locals…
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DIRECTV NOW Brings Back HDMI Lightning Support
Since the rollout of DIRECTV NOW 2.0 the ability to stream DIRECTV NOW over an HDMI Lightning AV Adapter on iOS was no longer supported. AT&T never officially commented on if the feature would be restored, but now it has. Recently DIRECTV NOW rolled out v2.1.0 on iOS. With this update, HDMI Lightning AV Adapters are once…
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Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, YouTube TV, & PlayStation Vue Are All Raising Prices… We Look into Why…
In the last few months YouTube TV, Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, and PlayStation Vue have all raised their prices. So, what is causing the price hikes? It looks like legacy cable TV contract policies are the cause. To find out what is causing these price hikes, Cord Cutters News chatted with several people who asked…
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DIRECTV NOW is Looking For Paid Survey Participants
Today DIRECTV NOW started to contact a small group of former beta testers about a new opportunity. In the email, AT&T asked for participants for a study to improve DIRECTV NOW. Well not said in the email from the wording of the survey our readers said it was very likely they wanted input on a new…
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Watch TV vs YouTube TV vs DIRECTV NOW vs PlayStation Vue vs Sling TV vs Philo vs FuboTV vs Hulu – Updated July 2018
We often get asked what is the best live TV streaming service with the launch of Watch TV from AT&T that question hass been very popular this week. The truth is there are no best services out there. Each person has different wants and needs. So we want to give you all the information and…
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AT&T is Raising The Price of DIRECTV NOW
Tonight AT&T started to email DIRECTV NOW subscribers of the Live a Little Package notifying them of a $5 a month increase. Cord Cutters News is getting conflicting messages from readers. So far as best we can tell the price hike is on all DIRECTV NOW packages. Update #2: Some readers have contacted Cord Cutters News…
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What Is the Most Popular Live TV Streaming Service? DIRECTV NOW? Sling TV? PlayStation Vue? Hulu? We Answer Your Questions
Ever since Sling TV and PlayStation Vue went head to head, the question has been what is the most popular streaming service? Now that question has grown in importance as the number of live TV streaming services has increased. Last week, Cord Cutters News asked over 2,000 of our readers what live TV streaming services…