Tag archive: DirecTV

Announced on Friday night on a blog post by Time Warner spokesman Jeff Simmermon, Time Warner Cable has finally struck a deal with HBO in regards to bringing the HBO Go streaming application as well as the Max Go app to subscribers. The cable company will run a short trial to test out the streaming app on the Time Warner Cable network and roll out the app to all 12 million subscribers during January 2012. Just like implementations on other… Read More

Earlier this week, Roku rolled out an update that offered access to the HBO GO application. Assuming that a Roku owner is currently subscribed to an approved provider, users can download the application and watch the latest in HBO original programming. However, HBO doesn't provide any method to subscribe directly to the service due to existing relationships with cable and satellite companies. A Roku owner must be subscribed to HBO through… Read More

DirecTV has seen sizable growth in the third quarter of this year likely attributed to the extremely popular NFL Sunday Ticket package that's exclusive to the satellite TV service. DirecTV added 327,000 subscribers during the months of July, August and September. This nearly doubles the amount of subscribers added during the third quarter of 2010. Adversely, competitors like Time Warner and Comcast posted losses of video subscribers… Read More

It has been an exciting summer for video streaming company Hulu. NBC Universal, Fox, and Disney, the owners of Hulu, have been trying to sell the company to the highest bidder. The bidding adventure has officially ended today without a winner; Hulu announced on the company blog that it has decided that it is no longer for sale. There have been several rumors about who has been trying to buy Hulu including Yahoo, Apple, Google, and DirectTV. The… Read More

Comcast Corp. and Universal Pictures are launching a test program that will provide Comcast subscribers access to films that are still in theaters. Film rentals will be priced at $59.99 and rolled out in both Atlanta, Georgia as well as Portland, Oregon to start. The program is ideally geared towards families that easily end up spending between $40 to $60 for movie tickets when visiting the theater as well as money on concessions. Comcast will… Read More

Announced last week, NBC brought an update to its iPad application which allows users to watch ad-supported episodes of 28 popular NBC shows including The Office, Community, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, America's Got Talent, Chuck, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser. Oddly, this eliminates a reason for iPad owners to subscribe to Hulu Plus, the streaming video company that's partly owned by NBCUniversal and currently up for sale to the… Read More

Designed for camping in the great outdoors or entertaining guests while tailgating, Dish Network announced the release of the Tailgaiter, a mobile satellite television antenna that's compatible with Dish Network service. Weighing in at 10 pounds, the satellite antenna is encased in a 10-sided plastic shell with a handle for lugging around the device. The shell is designed to protect the antenna in poor weather conditions and allows the… Read More

Video streaming service Hulu is determined to sell itself to the highest bidder, and The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) that Google, Amazon, Yahoo, and DirecTV are expected to be the main contenders for the service, with initial bids ranging from $500 million all the way up to $2 billion. Although no bids have been made yet, the paper reports that initial bids on the service are due Wednesday, August 24, although those… Read More

Sony announced a collaboration with DirecTV to bring the NFL Sunday Ticket to PlayStation 3 owners. Access to the programming doesn't require an installed satellite dish or DirecTV's service. PS3 owners will be able to view live streaming video of up to 14 out-of-market games per weekend. The games will be displayed in high definition and users will also have access to the Red Zone Channel. This channel shows highlights of every… Read More

Starting tomorrow, satellite television operator DirecTV will launch its DirecTV Home Premiere movie service, and unlike other online movie rental services, movies available through Home Premiere will run a whopping $29.99 for a 48-hour rental window. What justifies that cost? Well, the movies are available in 1080p high definition, but more importantly the movies are available for rental before they're launched on DVD or Blu-ray. The… Read More

Google Inc said on Wednesday it will sell advertising spots on 11 cable networks carried by satellite television operator DirecTV Group. The Google TV Ads system will handle the sales of commercial spots for such networks as Bloomberg, Fox Business and TV Guide. Google TV Ads, which was launched in 2008, is a marketplace where advertisers can buy national advertising inventory on networks carried by Dish Network Corp and now also DirecTV.… Read More

Cable TV, satellite and other video providers have asked the government to intervene in ongoing fee disputes with TV networks — big-money conflicts that are expected to escalate this year as more contracts expire. The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards. About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling announcement told viewers that a… Read More

Digital television can get a little overwhelming. When you have 700 channels to flip through and two well-worn arrow buttons on a remote to do it with, sometimes you’re just left wishing you could do a Google search for the good stuff. If Google gets its way, you may sometime soon. On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal revealed that Google has been testing its own set-top box, which combines Web-based video from sites like YouTube with Dish… Read More

Satellite TV providers Dish Network Corp. and DirecTV Inc. usually unleash attack advertisements against their cable TV competitors. But as Dish lost subscribers while DirecTV gained, Dish has increasingly been targeting DirecTV. At Sunday night's Grammy Awards, Dish unveiled a 30-second TV commercial attacking DirecTV's list of celebrity endorsers, such as Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Kim Basinger.

ViaSat Inc. is acquiring Wild Blue Communications Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet access via satellite, for $568 million in cash and stock, the companies said Thursday. Privately held Wild Blue, in which Liberty Media Corp. holds a 37 percent stake, will become an operating subsidiary of ViaSat, which makes satellite communications equipment for defense and consumer markets. Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat plans to buy Wild Blue for… Read More