Tag: DIRECTV NOW
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Why DIRECTV NOW Not Being on Roku Yet Is a Good Thing For Cord Cutters
Last week AT&T missed its goal to release a Roku channel for DIRECTV NOW. I know many of our readers are upset about that, but it may be a good thing for cord cutting overall. When AT&T first released DIRECTV NOW it was a rushed product “not ready for primetime.” It had many early issues…
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DIRECTV NOW Updates Its Roku Help Page (After Missing Launch Target)
It’s official. AT&T missed the first quarter 2017 goal to bring DIRECTV NOW to Roku players. (We reported it would last week.) Yet AT&T wants DIRECTV NOW customers to know it is still working on it. Last week it quietly updated its forum help post about DIRECTV NOW and Roku. In the post it clearly…
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DIRECTV NOW Continues to See Explosive Growth
AT&T’s live TV streaming service, DIRECTV NOW, is really taking off. We recently learned that in the fourth quarter of 2016 AT&T added about 200,000 DIRECTV NOW subscribers. Now we learned that it added an additional 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2017. In total DIRECTV NOW is said to have 400,000 subscribers according…
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DIRECTV NOW Brings Back Comcast SportsNets (CSN)
When DIRECTV NOW first came out it included Comcast SportsNet (CSN), but it quickly disappeared. Sadly we never did get a clear answer as to why DIRECTV NOW pulled CSN from its service but now it is back. Over the weekend DIRECTV NOW added the last few CSNs that had still been missing. You still…
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How to Watch Discovery Networks & The History Channel Without Paying for Cable TV
Two of the most requested networks for cord cutters are the Discovery Networks and the History channel. We often get emails on these channels as more and more people ditch cable and look for their favorite channels. So today in an effort to help answer the flood of emails and social media posts here is…
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Confirmed: New Timeline For DIRECTV NOW Roku Support
Recently there has been much speculation about when DIRECTV NOW will come to Roku Players. AT&T and Roku had set the goal of having it on Roku players by the end of March 2017. Now we can confirm that DIRECTV NOW will NOT be on Roku players by the end of the month. On March…
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Sling TV vs PlayStation Vue vs DIRECTV NOW: What is The Best Cord Cutting Service?
One topic that often comes up in cord cutting communities is what is the best live TV service for cord cutters? This often ends up in a heated battle among cord cutters. So we decided to survey our readers to see what they use. Over the last few days we surveyed more than 1,000 of…
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The Live TV Streaming War is Heating Up & Cord Cutters Are the Real Winners
2017 has been a great year for cord cutters, and it is only getting better. New live TV streaming service competition is on the horizon with Hulu and YouTube’s services getting close to release, and the war among Sling, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW heats up. Recently Sling TV fired a huge shot at DIRECTV…
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So When Will DIRECTV NOW Come to Roku? We Answer Your Questions
For months now we have been hearing that DIRECTV NOW will soon have a Roku Channel. It was announced when the service came out that it would be coming to the most popular streaming media player in America. Later at CES in January a vice president of Roku stood up at the TCL press conference…
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How to Watch BBC America Without Paying For Cable TV
BBC America, like the Hallmark Channel, was a long-time holdout against streaming. Now not only is it available to cord cutters BBC America has become a fairly easy channel to find. So here is our quick guide on how to watch BBC America in the United States on devices such as Roku and the Fire…