Tag: DirecTV Stream
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Everything We Know About DIRECTV STREAM – Pricing, Channels, Packages, and More in 2024
Cord cutters who are looking for a live TV streaming service in 2024 that offers a robust channel lineup and must-have features shouldn’t look further than DIRECTV STREAM. Launched in 2016, the service has seen many name changes over the past 8 years. Initially, it was known as AT&T TV, but it has been rebranded over…
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The Recap: Comcast Price Hikes, DIRECTV-Tegna Fight Gets Uglier, and More
It’s been about a week or so since the last price hike from a cable or streaming service, so we’re overdue. The latest to warn customers that its prices were going up is cable giant Comcast, which said the increases would take effect later this week. It follows price hikes from DIRECTV, DISH, and pretty…
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Deal Alert! As Tegna & DIRECTV Fight Continues, Mohu & Antennas Direct Are Offering 25% Off Antennas
Earlier this week DIRECTV, U-Verse, and DIRECTV STREAM subscribers lost Tegna-owned ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates. Since the two parties have yet to agree on a new deal to restore the local channels to customers are searching for ways to watch their local news and more. If you need an antenna, beginning today, you can…
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DIRECTV Slams Tegna For Denying Military and Government Facility Access to NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX During Blackout
DIRECTV on Thursday slammed Tegna for denying a request to restore the blacked out local stations to government and military facilities while the negotiations continue. “We privately sought TEGNA’s permission to restore its signals exclusively to military and federal institutions while we continue to negotiate a new agreement, which would’ve allowed DIRECTV to once again…
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DIRECTV Not ‘Seriously Negotiating’ to Restore Blacked Out ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX Stations, Tegna Says
Tegna, which owns dozens of ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX affiliates that are blacked out for DIRECTV customers, accused the pay-TV provider isn’t taking their negotiations seriously. The local broadcast company, which owns 64 stations across 51 markets across the country, said DIRECTV has proposed restoring the stations to only military and government facilities, which…
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DIRECTV Says it May Replace Local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC With National Feeds — But is That Possible?
DIRECTV Chief Content Officer Rob Thun told Cord Cutters News last week that the ongoing disputes with local broadcast companies has him considering whether the pay-TV provider should just drop local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates altogether. In a follow-up interview with StreamTV Insider, Thun floated an idea about how he would do this:…
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DIRECTV STREAM Adds More The CW Stations and The Pursuit Channel
DIRECTV on Tuesday said it added the Pursuit Channel, as well as two more The CW stations to its DIRECTV STREAM service. The Pursuit Channel focuses on outdoor activities like On The Road Outdoors, Americana Outdoors presented by Garmin, and Dean Partridge’s Canadian Whitetail TV. Owner Pursuit Media LLC says it covers more homes than…
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DIRECTV And Cox Launch AR Version of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
NBCUniversal brings late-night entertainment to the virtual world with an immersive augmented reality experience featuring Bravo’s hit talk show, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, in a new partnership with Cox and DIRECTV. Starting today, fans who have DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM, COX, or Sling TV can interact with Cohen’s Clubhouse by virtually walking through…
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DIRECTV Says it Would Consider Cutting Out Locals to Avoid ‘Driving Business Off a Cliff’
DIRECTV has faced enough of these programming blackouts that one of its top executives said it may be time for the company to consider whether it’s worth offering local stations at all. “We’re starting to get to a point where enough’s enough,” DIRECTV Chief Content Officer Rob Thun told Cord Cutters News on Thursday. “We…
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DIRECTV & DIRECTV STREAM Just Lost 64 ABC, CBS, FOX & NBC Locals After Tegna Rejects Surprising A La Carte Plan
DIRECTV failed to reach a deal with local broadcast station owner Tegna, resulting in 64 local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC channels going dark for its core satellite offering, as well as streaming services AT&T TV, and DIRECTV STREAM. Tegna, whose stations cover 51 markets, began warning viewers this weekend that it may pull its…