Tag: DIRECTV NOW
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AT&T Confirms DIRECTV NOW No Longer Offers ESPN3
A few months ago, DIRECTV NOW customers lost access to ESPN3 content. At the time some support agents said this was just a glitch and ESPN3 support would return shortly. Now AT&T has confirmed that ESPN3 is not coming back and should never have been part of DIRECTV NOW. In a statement on DIRECTV NOW’s…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds Sinclair Owned CW Locals
Last night DIRECTV NOW added more CW locals to their lineup. It seems to be mostly Sinclair owned CW Networks including WCTV The CW 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Birmingham, Alabama according to a report on Reddit and confirmed by Cord Cutters News. Update: Here are all the CW locals DIRECTV NOW added today, Atlanta, Birmingham,…
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DIRECTV NOW vs YouTube TV vs Philo vs PlayStation Vue vs Sling TV vs FuboTV vs Watch TV vs Hulu – Updated February 2019
2019 is underway 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…
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What Does DIRECTV NOW’s Downturn Mean for the Future of Cord Cutting? We Take a Look…
Yesterday DIRECTV NOW announced that it had lost 267,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018. This instantly started a flood of finger pointing that cord cutting is coming to an end. Yet at the same time, DIRECTV and U-Verse TV lost 750,000 subscribers in 2018, cord cutting is still quickly growing. So why did…
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DIRECTV NOW Just Lost 267,000 Subscribers in The 4th Quarter of 2018
Today AT&T announced that DIRECTV NOW lost 267,000 subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2018. This is compared to the 3rd quarters of 2018 when DIRECTV NOW added 49,000 subscribers. AT&T has been warning that DIRECTV NOW would likely lose subscribers now that has come true. In total AT&T lost 391,000 TV subscribers across all…
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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 Reconfirms Plans For New DVR Add-ons
For over a year now AT&T has talked about launching a DVR storage add-on. For the last few months, AT&T has been quiet about the new DVR add-ons, leaving many to wonder if they had changed their mind. Now AT&T has reconfirmed plans to launch new DVR add-ons. During a talk at the 2019 Global…
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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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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…