Tag: DIRECTV
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DIRECTV Reportedly Lost 750,000 TV Subscribers In The First Half of 2023 As Cord Cutting Grows
Live cable TV providers have hada hard 2023 so far, according to a report from the Leichtman Research Group, which follows the Broadband, Media, and Entertainment Industries. According to a recent report looking at major pay-TV providers, DIRECTV lost 750,000 subscribers in the first half of 2023. This works out to be over 4,100 customers…
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Nexstar Says DIRECTV is Misleading Its Subscribers In Fight Over Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Affiliates
Nexstar says DIRECTV isn’t being 100% forthright to customers about the state of the negotiations, countering a claim from the satellite TV provider that the nation’s largest television station owner is “holding local news and sports hostage.” “Once again, DIRECTV is misleading its subscribers, as they have done consistently throughout this impasse,” Nexstar said in…
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DIRECTV Reportedly Lost 400,000 TV Subscribers In Just 3 Months As Cord Cutting Grows
DIRECTV has had a hard 2023 so far, according to a report from the Leichtman Research Group, which follows the Broadband, Media, and Entertainment Industries. According to a recent report looking at major pay-TV providers, DIRECTV lost 400,000 subscribers in the 2nd quarter of 2023. This works out to be over 4,395 customers canceling DIRECTV,…
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DIRECTV vs Nexstar Everything We Know About This Ugly Contract Fight & Will ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Will Return To DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM, & U-verse
Back in July 2023, DIRECTV, U-verse, and DIRECTV STREAM subscribers lost Nexstar-owned ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates, along with CW stations owned by Nexstar. At the time, Nexstar said DIRECTV rejected Nexstar’s offer to extend the current distribution agreement to Oct. 31, 2023, to give both sides more time to negotiate. In total, 159…
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DIRECTV’s New Sports Central Is A One-Stop Spot For The Best Sports
Today DIRECTV is launching a new campaign to promote its recently launched Sports Central, a single spot in its user interface that shows all the best games, stats, and scores. As sports become one of the few reasons people pay for a live TV service, DIRECTV is hoping by making sports more front and center,…
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DIRECTV May Owe You $464 After $16.85 Million Class Action Settlement, But Tomorrow Is The Last Day to Make a Claim…
Did you get calls from DIRECTV asking you to sign up even though you were on the do not call list? DIRECTV has agreed to pay $16.85 million as part of a class action settlement to people who received marketing calls from DIRECTV even though they were on the do not call list. The catch…
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DIRECTV & DIRECTV STREAM May Lose Bally Sports RSNs This Year if A Lower Deal Can’t Be Reached
Bally Sports may soon face a major setback as one of the few streaming services to carry its RSNs and one of its largest TV partners could be dropping them this year. Yesterday, DIRECTV made a filing to the judge overseeing the bankruptcy of Bally Sports’ parent company Diamond Sports in response to a requested…
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DIRECTV Via Internet Customers Can Now Buy New Android TV-Powered Gemini Air Streaming Player
Late last week, DIRECTV finally made its new Android TV powered streaming player available to DIRECTV via Internet customers. This new dongle, called Gemini Air, will be a 4K streaming player with HDMI 2.0 support. It will run the same operating system as the old Gemini streaming player. The big selling point with the new…
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One of The Largest IPTV Services Shuts Down As Owner is Arrested
One illegal IPTV platform felt the hammer go down as raids in Argentina led to the shutdown of Digital TV and the arrest of its founder. Digital TV boasted around 85,000 customers and offered a library of 900 live channels including sports, 8,000 films, 400 television series, and some adult content. The raid was sparked…
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DIRECTV May Owe You $464 After $16.85 Million Class Action Settlement, But You Only Have a Few Days Left to Claim It…
Did you get calls from DIRECTV asking you to sign up even though you were on the do not call list? DIRECTV has agreed to pay $16.85 million as part of a class action settlement to people who received marketing calls from DIRECTV even though they were on the do not call list. It is…