Tag: DIRECTV NOW
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DIRECTV NOW Just Added More FOX & NBC Affiliates
Sometime this week DIRECTV NOW quietly added several FOX and NBC affiliates. As best we can tell Raycom Media owned Fox affiliates and Hearst owned NBC affiliates have started to go live on DIRECTV NOW. Raycom-Media currently owns about 16 FOX affiliates across the United States. Hearst Television owns about 12 NBC affiliates across the united states. Now…
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DIRECTV NOW is Getting Ready to Add Nexstar NBC Affiliates This Week
Last week DIRECTV NOW added 8 Tegna NBC affiliates and now it looks like they are moving on to start adding Nexstar owned NBC affiliates to their live TV streaming service. Now they are not live yet but in several Nexstar owned NBC markets are starting to show up in DIRECT NOW’s search this morning. Typically…
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DIRECTV NOW Officially Announces 8 New NBC Affiliates
Yesterday we reported that new NBC affiliates had started to show up on AT&T’s live TV streaming service DIRECTV NOW. At the time we did not know the full list of locals that DIRECTV NOW was releasing. Now AT&T has sent us the full list of NBC affiliates it added last week. The following are…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds The Ability to Pause Live TV
When DIRECTV NOW launched you could only pause DIRECTV NOW’s live TV feed for a few seconds. According to a conversation Arstechnicahad with an AT&T rep back at launch you could only “pause live TV, but only for five or 10 seconds. After that, when customers hit play they will return to the live portion of…
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DIRECTV NOW Just Added Several New NBC Affiliates Last Night
Last night with no announcement AT&T added several NBC affiliates to their live TV streaming service DIRECTV NOW. As best we can tell Cleveland Ohio, Charlotte North Carolina, Denver Colorado, Atlanta Georgia, and Portland Oregon have been added. Most of these stations seem to be some of the 18 Tenga owned NBC affiliates. Now that does not mean all…
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DIRECTV NOW vs Sling TV vs PlayStation Vue vs Fubo TV vs Hulu vs YouTube TV – Updated October 2017
Today we release our monthly side by side look at the major live TV streaming services. In this list we look at Fubo TV, Sling TV, Hulu’s live TV beta, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW with the hopes that we will make picking the right one easier. *Note this list is uptodate (as best as we can make…
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DIRECTV NOW Sees Strong Growth in 3rd Quarter 2017
Yesterday AT&T filed its 3rd quarter 2017 numbers with the Securities and Exchange Commission—something all publicly traded companies are required to do. From these numbers, we now know that once again DIRECTV NOW is the bright spot in the AT&T TV lineup. In the 3rd quarter of 2017 DIRECTV NOW added 300,000 new customers, which is…
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DIRECTV NOW Has Started to Add More NBC Affiliates
It looks like DIRECTV NOW has once again started to add more NBC affiliates. Now they are not live yet but in several Tegna owned NBC markets are starting to show up in DIRECT NOW’s search. Typically this starts happening about 24 to 48 hours before the channels go live. In total Tenga owns 18…
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First Look: DIRECTV NOW’s New DVR & App
Sometime late this fall DIRECTV NOW is rolling out a new DVR and app for its subscribers, but some already have access to the app and DVR as part of a closed, invite-only beta. Thankfully we have been able to get a first look at the new app and DVR and have been able to…
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5 Cord Cutting Stories I Am Keep an Eye on in October 2017
So far 2017 has been a great year for cord cutters with tons of new services and devices. Now October looks to be full of great new options for cord cutters. The following are five cord cutting stories I am keeping an eye on in October 2017 and you should too. 1 AT&T Sports (Formally…