Category: DIRECTV
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Expired: DIRECTV NOW Is Giving Away Fire TVs If You Prepay For 2 Months
Want a new Fire TV third generation? Right now if you prepay for DIRECTV NOW you can get a third gen Fire TV. There are a few rules you need to know. This deal is for new DIRECTV NOW customers only. You also must pre-pay for 2 months of DIRECTV upfront, so no 7-day free…
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AT&T Plans to Launch a “Home-Centric” Version of DIRECTV NOW
Well, it looks like AT&T has big plans for the future of DIRECTV NOW. Yesterday during the AT&T 4th quarter earnings call AT&T announced that by the end of 2018 they plan to launch a “home-centric” version of DIRECTV NOW. From the limited information, we have this version seems to be more targeted to replacing their…
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DIRECTV NOW is Adding a 3rd Stream But DVR Delayed Until Spring
Today AT&T held their 4th quarter 2017 earnings call and it was packed full of DIRECTV NOW news. One of the main keys is we got an updated timeframe from AT&T about the updated app and DVR launch. According to AT&T their new DIRECTV NOW app with DVR is delayed until spring of 2018. Yet there…
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DIRECTV NOW DVR NOT Likely to Come Out in January or February
Back on December 30, 2017, we predicted that the DIRECTV NOW DVR would likely be released in January 2018. Almost every day we get an email or in our weekly Q&A a question about the DIRECTV NOW DVR. Readers are interested in what is happening, so we wanted to update our prediction. A lot has…
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First Look: DIRECTV NOW Beta on Roku
Yesterday AT&T started rolling out invites to test the DIRECTV NOW app beta on Roku players. Now, this is just testing the app, not the DVR. According to the emails going out, the DVR will come later. “The True Cloud DVR is not available for Roku devices yet. We’ll let you know when it’s ready…
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DIRECTV NOW Rolls Out a Beta Update Fixing Many Bugs & Adding CBS
Yesterday DIRECTV NOW rolled out a new beta app for their beta testers. This latest update seems to have addressed many of the common bugs the beta had. The update also for the first time added a CBS owned network CBS Sports to the beta. Here is a short list of some of the bugs…
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DIRECTV NOW Finally Officially Adds the Sportsman Channel
Yesterday, weeks after the Sportsman Channel was added, it was finally officially added to DIRECTV NOW. We first reported that The Sportsman Channel was added a few weeks ago, but only yesterday was it made official. “We are excited to continue to add growth in all areas of our programming and content distribution,” Outdoor Sportsman…
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DIRECTV NOW’s Buffering Is Getting Better But Is Far from Solved
At the start of January 2018, DIRECTV NOW had very bad week: Two separate long outages and a sudden spike in buffering. AT&T never came right out and said what caused the spike, but it seems a perfect storm happened. First, college football bowl games and playoffs all happened at once. Next, a flood of…
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The Paramount Network Launches on Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, & Philo
If you are a fan of Spike TV we have bad news for you. Yesterday was the last day Spike TV will air in the United States. Today January 18th 2018 Spike TV will be rebranded as the Paramount Network as part of Viacom’s move to update their brand and to take advantage of their ownership…
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DIRECTV NOW Rolls Out Fire TV DVR Beta to All Beta Testers
Last night DIRECTV NOW expanded their DVR beta for the Fire TV to all DIRECTV NOW Beta Testers. In the past, only a select few beta testers had access to the DIRECTV NOW Beta Test on the Fire TV. There is one catch you need to be using a 2nd gen Fire TV box like…