DIRECTV NOW IS ACTIVE NOW AT&T has been teasing the public for months. Early last summer, the telecom giant announced that its DirecTV division would launch a streaming video platform. AT&T offered few details at the time. Later it said…Continue Reading →
KIDS CHANNELS ADDED TO SLING TV Sling TV wants your children. Dish Network’s streaming video platform announced two weeks ago that it will carry an on-demand channel to reach parents seeking child-friendly entertainment for their offspring. Titled Sling Kids, the…Continue Reading →
TIME WARNER BOUGHT BY AT&T Large corporations seldom make such important decisions quickly. They announce potential mergers and buyouts months in advance. Last week, though, we witnessed a rare exception. Late in the week, the TV industry press was abuzz…Continue Reading →
DIRECTV NOW STREAMING VIDEO PLATFORM FINALIZED AT&T Hints at New Streaming Platform In March, several months before AT&T’s purchase of DirecTV was approved by the FCC, the telecom giant said that its satellite system subsidiary would offer DirecTV Now, a…Continue Reading →
FIXED WIRELESS INTERNET FROM AT&T Extending the Company’s Reach AT&T is seeking new ways to bring internet service to America. The footprint for AT&T’s wireline internet infrastructure is massive, but it’s not infinite. Millions of potential customers are beyond its…Continue Reading →
TRANSPARENT TV BY PANASONIC When you first look at the screen, it appears to be a pane of glass in a sliding door. Wave your hand or press a button, though, and you’ll see a TV picture. The screen is…Continue Reading →
CHANNEL BUNDLES TRIMMED BY BROADCASTERS This was bound to happen sooner or later. Every action in one segment of the TV industry provokes reactions in all other segments, and weight loss for one leads to weight loss for all. Streaming…Continue Reading →
WINDOWS 10 GETS SLING TV Sling TV, Dish Network’s internet video streaming platform, has expanded its reach almost continually since its launch. The range of devices that will accept it continues to grow. Add computers with Windows 10, Microsoft’s newest…Continue Reading →
CITY BROADBAND CUT BACK For years, some city governments have been frustrated by the slow pace of broadband development for their citizens. They believe that internet service providers have been too slow to build high-speed networks, and that competing ISPs…Continue Reading →
ECHOSTAR EXITS HOME SECURITY… Dish Network’s corporate cousin is undergoing an overhaul. Echostar, the Dish spinoff that operates the satellite fleet beaming its TV and internet signals, and that manufactures its TV receivers, has begun dropping product lines and corporate…Continue Reading →