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Pay TV Providers Ready New Native 4K UHD Offerings

July 24th, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Cable TV, Connected TVs, DVR, HDR, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, OLED, OLED, OTT services, Satellite TV, Satellite UHD 4K TV, Streaming Services, UHD 4K OLED, UHDTV

Significantly more native 4K Ultra HDTV content may be coming soon through a cable or telco TV operator in your area, thanks to a series of technology trials under way by more than 30 U.S. pay TV providers. Commercial satellite TV distribution service SES, which offers backbone technologies and services of satellite-delivered video programming […]

AT&T To Bring Multi-Platform Cloud DVR Feature To Pay-TV Services

July 14th, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Connected TVs, DVR, electronic program guides, HDR, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, Live OTT services, News, OLED, OTT services, Satellite TV, Satellite UHD 4K TV, Skinny TV services, Sling Box, Streaming Services, UHD (4K) Media Players, UHDTV

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 revealed through a press statement this week that new cloud […]

DirecTV, Fox Sports To Start 4K Satcasts Friday

February 13th, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Amazon, News, Satellite TV, Satellite UHD 4K TV, UHDTV

DirecTV will present the California-Stanford NCAA basketball game live in 4K Ultra HD from Fox Sports on Feb. 17, 2016 on channel 106, one of its three dedicated 4K channels. The satcast will be the first live 4K sporting event carried via DirecTV’s collaboration with Fox Sports network. More events are expected to follow […]

DirecTV Begins Live 4K Coverage Of Pebble Beach Pro-Am

February 9th, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Connected TVs, Full HD 1080p, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Satellite TV, Satellite UHD 4K TV, UHDTV

Golf fans with 4K Ultra HDTVs and a DirecTV subscription will be able to view the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament from California’s Monterey Peninsula February 9-12th with the action beginning at 3 p.m.-6 p.m. EST each day. AT&T’s DirecTV coverage team will be using 4K cameras positioned at holes 7, 17 and […]

DirecTV Opens 4K Channel Access To Lower Tiers

December 21st, 2016 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, HDR, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Satellite TV, Satellite UHD 4K TV, UHDTV

4K Ultra HD enthusiasts who don’t love having to subscribe to top DirecTV programming tiers to get access to three 4K HD channels, have reason to rejoice. DirecTV’s Mari Melguizo, a spokesperson for AT&T Entertainment & AdWorks, confirmed a report on TV Predictions.com this morning that said subscribers to the satellite TV service who […]

AT&T Launches DirecTV Now Live OTT Service

November 28th, 2016 · 1 Comment · Cable TV, Connected TVs, Digital Media Receivers, electronic program guides, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Satellite TV, Satellite UHD 4K TV, Second Screen, Sling Box, Streaming Services

Fittingly, AT&T’s Entertainment Group used Cyber Monday to formally launch its new live and on-demand over-the-top streaming service, targeting an audience of mobile video watchers and consumers who for various reasons are not currently connected to pay-TV. AT&T made the announcement Monday afternoon at a press event in New York City. The DirecTV Now […]

DOJ Hits DirecTV, Cable Cos. With Anti-Competition Lawsuit

November 2nd, 2016 · No Comments · Cable TV, Connected TVs, News, Satellite TV, Satellite UHD 4K TV

DirecTV, Cox Communications, Charter Communications and AT&T were slapped with a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday charging that the multi-channel TV service providers colluded during negotiations with SportsNet LA, which has the rights to carry LA Dodgers games in the Los Angeles market. The DOJ alleges that DirecTV, acting as […]

DISH Adds NBA Team Pass As DirecTV Goes OTT

October 25th, 2016 · No Comments · Connected TVs, News, Satellite TV, Satellite UHD 4K TV, Second Screen, Sling Box

It’s been a big week in the satellite TV world, with word that DISH is going after sports enthusiasts with a new team-specific subscription offer for NBA fans, following word that DirecTV is about to launch an over-the-top live-channel streaming service to rival DISH’s Sling TV. DISH revealed Tuesday that it is the first […]