Tag: DirecTV NOW
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DIRECTV NOW is Saving AT&T’s TV Business
You may have recently heard that AT&T has for the first time in a long time added subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2016; however, the truth is all of the subscriber growth AT&T’s TV business saw was from DIRECTV NOW. Even with U-Verse and the traditional satellite DIRECTV service AT&T would have lost subscribers…
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Most Cord Cutters Do Not Subscribe to a Live TV Service
The battle for your streaming dollar is heating up as more streaming services come on the market. And it is about to get even more crowded with Hulu about to launch a new live TV service followed by YouTube, Fubu, and Vidgo all expected to launch new services this year. So the question is who…
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T-Mobile is Offering a Free Year of Hulu For Anyone Who Took Their Free DIRECTV NOW Deal
T-Mobile is at it again with their offers to attract AT&T customers to switch. Recently they offered a free year of DIRECTV NOW but now T-Mobile says if you took them up on that offer they will also give you a free year of Hulu. That may leave some to wonder why why are they giving…
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AT&T Hopes to Disrupt Traditional ISPs With a DIRECTV NOW 5G Test
For many years the dream of a high speed wireless Internet service has been on the minds of many cord cutters: The idea that more Internet service providers could bring competition to your home market without the high cost of laying cables to every house in America was too good to be true. If successful…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds NBC to The Fire TV
When DIRECTV NOW launched it made it very clear that NBC would only be available on phones and tablets. If you wanted to watch NBC on your TV you would still need an antenna. Yet this week AT&T updated the Fire TV and Fire Stick’s DIRECTV NOW app. Suddenly subscribers to DIRECTV NOW who live…
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Explaining How DIRECTV NOW’s Unlimited Data Works
One of the primary selling points for DIRECTV NOW was the ability to have unlimited streaming of DIRECTV NOW if you have AT&T wireless. Yet several Cord Cutters News readers have been contacting us complaining of seeing their data cap quickly eaten up by DIRECTV NOW. Some are complaining that DIRECTV NOW was using as…
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Over 200,000 Americans Have Signed Up For DIRECTV NOW
AT&T had a good start to DIRECTV NOW at least in the number of signups. According to a SEC document filled today and sported by Variety AT&T added more than 200,000 video subscribers in the fourth quarter — which was “entirely driven” by its new DRECTV NOW internet-delivered pay-TV service, AT&T said Friday. “While it’s early days, our recent…
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DIRECTV NOW Sees Strong Early Subscriber Growth
DIRECTV NOW seems to be off to a strong start at least when it comes to subscribers. A recent report says that AT&T’s new DIRECTV NOW service is averaging about 35,000 simultaneous viewers. Yet simultaneous usage doesn’t indicate the number of subs that DIRECTV NOW has, but from the data they have Dan Rayburn from StreamingMedia.com…
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DIRECTV NOW Issues an Official Statement on Refunds for Upset Customers
Over the last few weeks talk about how to get a refund from AT&T for its DIRECTV NOW service. Many subscribers have been plagued by service outages, password request issues, and a long list of errors. The long list of issues and a recent post from Sarah Perez at Tech Crunch seems to have led to…
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DIRECTV NOW Rolls Out a Major App Update
Since launch DIRECTV NOW has been quietly updating its apps to address many common issues. Yesterday DIRECTV NOW once again rolled out a major update to many of its apps. The following is a breakdown of what is new from the iOS update: (Note: Many of the fixes rolled out to other versions also.) Added ability…