More DirecTV Customers Stand To Lose CBS Channels
DirecTV direct-to-home satellite TV customers in some of the largest markets in the country were faced with losing access to local CBS programming as a retransmission agreement stalemate between the service’s parent AT&T and the television network inched toward an 11 p.m. deadline tonight (Friday)….
Report: 71% Of Live OTT Viewers Are 18-44
Live over-the-top (OTT) streaming TV services are still enjoyed mostly by the young. Young U.S. adults, aged 18-44 now account for 71% of subscribers to one of the live streaming vMVPD pay-TV services such as Sling TV, DirecTV NOW, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV,…
Parks: Smart TV Penetration Changing Business Models
The growing popularity of internet-based skinny bundle live TV services, enabled by swelling penetration of smart TV and streaming device ownership in the United States, is gradually taking its toll on traditional subscription-based television viewership. Just last week, AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan declared that…
Live OTT Services Get Ready For Some Football, Aug. 2nd
Football season is right around the corner and live over-the-top streaming TV services like Sling TV, Playstation Vue, Fubo TV and others have some options to get much of the action along with the NFL Network and RedZone channel, affordably, in some cases. As a…
Roku Kicks Off Holidays With Pricing Specials, Including Streaming Stick+
Anyone planning to give a new Roku streaming media adapter has a gift for the upcoming holidays will be happy to know that the company will be offering limited-time pricing specials on select models in time for the traditional holiday shopping mania period. Included…
AT&T Gives DirecTV An Interface Lift, Looks To Mend Subscriber Losses
To curb the cord-cutting phenomenon and reverse recent TV subscriber attrition, AT&T is revamping and elevating its positioning of satellite TV service DirecTV and over-the-top live TV streaming service DirecTV Now. At the same time, the telco giant is giving DirecTV a new look…
AT&T To Bring Multi-Platform Cloud DVR Feature To Pay-TV Services
AT&T said it will launch a “cloud DVR” feature to enable subscribers to its DirecTV Now live over-the-top streaming service, DirecTV satellite TV service, and U-verse telco-tv service to store recorded programs on remote servers instead of hard drives in a set-top box. AT&T…
DirecTV Now Live OTT App Comes To LeEco TVs
LeEco announced Thursday that the app for the DirecTV Now live over-the-top (OTT) streaming service is now available on its , , and uMax85 4K Ultra HDTVs, via a firmware update that is being delivered now. The move marks the first time the DirecTV…
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