Watch TV- at $15.00/ Month- Launched by AT&T AT&T’s buyout of Time Warner Inc was expected to produce massive disruption of the pay TV market. We haven’t had to wait long. Merely a week after the merger was completed, the…Continue Reading →
All DirecTV Now Customers to Get DVR Since AT&T launched its DirecTV Now streaming video service in late 2016, it has almost continually added or enhanced its features. The latest is a cloud DVR. Last Tuesday, the telecom provided an…Continue Reading →
APPLE TV 4K FREE WITH DIRECTV NOW Over the holiday season, DirecTV offered a sweet deal for new customers. Those who paid in advance for four months of its DirecTV Now internet video streaming service would get a free Apple…Continue Reading →
VOD CBS Channels Offered by DirecTV Now DirecTV Now, AT&T’s internet streaming video platform, continues to add video on demand (VOD) content. On October 24, AT&T announced that DirecTV Now and DirecTV, its satellite TV platform, will carry CBS content…Continue Reading →
CBS Carried by DirecTV Now Since its launch last November, DirecTV Now has aggressively pursued licensing contracts with programmers. Within a few months, it was carrying almost every major cable channel. Later it added local affiliates of ABC, NBC, and…Continue Reading →
DOOM FOR THE CABLE INDUSTRY? Is the cable TV industry facing doom? Some analysts seem to think so. Hub Entertainment Research says the percentage of U.S. households subscribing to streaming video services is skyrocketing. The percentage subscribing to more than…Continue Reading →
Local Broadcast Stations on DirecTV Now AT&T’s semi-independent streaming video service is ready to offer local broadcast affiliate stations in 70% of U.S. homes. Last week, the telecom announced that its DirecTV Now division has signed licensing contracts with a…Continue Reading →
BOOMERANG SVOD LIVE ON TURNER The SVOD Service Goes Live Do you or your children like classic cartoons? Then Boomerang may be the channel for you. The network’s SVOD service went live last Tuesday. Turner and Warner Brothers, subsidiaries of Time…Continue Reading →
IS OTT THE FUTURE OF TV? Charlie Ergen has never been afraid to gamble. From his youth, when he tried to build a career in playing blackjack and poker, to his founding of Dish Network, his bitter feud with Rupert Murdoch,…Continue Reading →
YEAR OF HBO FREE FROM AT&T HBO’s prospective new owner is being generous with the premium movie channel package. AT&T, aggressively marketing DirecTV Now, its new internet video streaming platform, is offering an entire year of HBO to new customers….Continue Reading →