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DirecTV Rate Hike
SV Staff  |  Jan 29, 2009
As more and more options for entertainment viewing become possible, with streaming and downloading out the wazoo, it seems like an odd time for a rate hike from DirecTV.  But, alas, a price jump is coming in March. DirecTV has well over 100...
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DirecTV Readies First 3D Channel
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 30, 2009
The first 3D channel is coming to satellite. DirecTV plans to announce it next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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DirecTV Restricts DVR Pay-per-View
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2008
DirecTV will flip a switch on April 15 that prevents pay-per-view movies downloaded to a DVR from being watched more than 24 hours after the purchase. How's that for great service? The company is blaming the sudden restriction on Hollywood,...
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DirecTV Sale 'Possible'
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 13, 2009
Recent machinations in the ownership of DirecTV may culiminate in the satellite operator being sold to one of the major telephone companies, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei has told the Associated Press.
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DirecTV Streaming Service to Target Non-Pay TV Households
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2016
DirecTV plans to target the estimated 20 million U.S. households that don’t subscribe to pay TV with its forthcoming DirecTV Now “over-the-top” (OTT) Internet TV service, according to the cable industry news site FierceCable.com.
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DirecTV Sued for "Extortion"
Barry Willis  |  Mar 15, 2004

Has DirecTV's campaign against signal theft crossed the line of legality? So claims a class-action lawsuit launched this month against the El Segundo, CA–based direct broadcast satellite service and parent company, Hughes Electronics.

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DirecTV Teams with TiVo for Personalized TV
Barry Willis  |  May 02, 1999

TV fans "will never have to miss another minute of their favorite shows," said Larry Chapman, executive vice president of <A HREF="http://www.directv.com/">DirecTV</A>, in announcing his company's investment in <A HREF="http://www.tivo.com/">TiVo Inc</A>. The direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) provider has bought a 10% interest in TiVo as part of its campaign to expand its line of services.

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DirecTV Tees Up New 4K Channel with Masters
SV Staff  |  Mar 11, 2016
AT&T and its new subsidiary DirecTV are putting golf fans “on the green” at the 2016 Masters Tournament with the first live 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) broadcast in the United States.
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DirecTV TiVos: Better Late Than Never
SV Staff  |  May 27, 2008
Although promised in a press release last summer, owners of DirecTV TiVo combo units are finally getting their upgrades. While many stand-alone TiVo boxes have had these features, it seems that DirecTV was a little slow to bring these features to...
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DirecTV to Offer Broadband Services
 |  Aug 05, 2001

Satellite television subscribers will soon be able to take advantage of a new satellite-based Internet service being rolled out by two subsidiaries of <A HREF="http://www.hughes.com"> Hughes Electronics Corporation</A>.

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DirecTV to Stream—Free!
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 21, 2016
AT&T-owned DirecTV is launching its own video streaming service. It will use both home and mobile broadband networks to reach smart TVs, tablets, phones, PCs, and streaming devices. Unlike DirecTV satellite service, it won’t require an annual contract, set-top box, or dish installation.
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DirecTV Will Do UHD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 12, 2015
The good news is that DirecTV is becoming the first pay-TV operator to offer Ultra HD programming. The bad news is that so far, the effort is limited to Samsung TVs, and programming to live events and 30 movies from Paramount and K2 Communications. You’ll also need a Genie HD DVR with broadband connection. The recently launched Ariane 5 satellite is the key to DirecTV’s UHD operation, along with a new slice of satellite spectrum. The satellite also provides additional local HD programming. DirecTV will soon have company, with Comcast preparing a UHD launch.
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DirecTV's Full-court Press
HT Staff  |  Feb 16, 2003
Direct satellite broadcaster DirecTV is making an aggressive move with live high-definition coverage of National Basketball Association games this season. Following transmission of the first NBA All Star game in HDTV Sunday, February 9, DirecTV, and the NY Knicks/LA Lakers game February 16, DirecTV will produce several more live NBA games in HDTV.
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DirecTV's HDTV Push
Barry Willis  |  Oct 13, 2003

High-definition television (HDTV) and digital video recorders (DVRs) are moving quickly from elitist technologies to mainstream entertainment.

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DirecTV's New Satellites
Barry Willis  |  Sep 13, 2004  |  First Published: Sep 14, 2004

The near future looks mighty promising for HDTV fans. On September 8, <A HREF="http://www.directv.com">DirecTV</A> announced an ambitious plan to launch its next generation of satellites, a move that could dramatically expand the availability of high-definition programming. The development comes in the wake of DirecTV's acquisition earlier this year by News Corp., which now owns an 82% stake in the direct broadcast satellite operator.

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