Financial discussions about a potential merger between the two declining DTH operators over North America could be on again. Indeed, those discussions have gone on for years and despite changes in ownership of DirecTV and enthusiasm from Charlie Ergen, founder of EchoStar/Dish Network, have come to nothing. But comments last week within Investor’s Business Daily […]

Magnite, the independent sell-side advertising company, has announced the expansion of its ad solutions with the introduction of Pause Ads across a number of US streaming providers including DirecTV, DISH Media and Fubo. Buyers and DSPs to leverage Pause Ads include KERV.ai, MNTN, and Yahoo DSP. Pause Ads offer contextually relevant and seamlessly integrated opportunities […]

The influential American Television Alliance (ATA) which normally focuses its advocacy efforts on maintaining subscriber choice and arguing against channel black-outs over carriage fee disputes, has told the FCC that the transition from today’s US broadcast standard to the ‘next generation’ ATSC 3.0 would be much too expensive for at least one of its members: […]

DirecTV, the US broadcaster, has announced a multi-year, strategic and year-round collaboration with six US university athletic departments ahead of the 2025 college football season. This agreement includes some of the most iconic schools in all of college sports — Duke University, The Ohio State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of […]

DirecTV’s free programming service, MyFree DirecTV, is adding several more FAST linear content offerings from NBCUniversal, Fox Corp and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) – offering more choice without any additional costs. First up is NBC News-produced, all-access Dateline 24/7, NBC News NOW, and TODAY All Day. These three channels will join the MyFree DirecTV lineup […]

Documentary channel CuriosityStream has struck a deal with DirecTV. Would-be subscribers have a couple of options to view the non-fiction channel founded by John Hendricks in 2015 (who was the founder of the Discovery Channel). Existing DirecTV subscribers can sign up to CuriosityStream by paying $5 a month extra. There is also Curiosity NOW which […]

DirecTV has announced that its streaming, satellite and U-verse customers will gain access to ESPN Unlimited at no additional cost. All DirecTV streaming and MySports customers in the US will receive access to ESPN Unlimited following its launch, with satellite and U-verse customers gaining access this autumn. DirecTV streaming customers with a Gemini device who […]

DirecTV has announced an array of new FAST linear content offerings from the WBD portfolio. Four new channels are available now across the US, and the remaining 12 channels will be added in the coming months. The combination of 16 WBD FAST services spans several popular genres, including entertainment, film and unscripted programming; food, home […]

DirecTV and TelevisaUnivision, the Spanish-language media company, have announced that the ad-supported premium subscription of ViX, Premium with Ads, is now included in DirecTVs MiEspañol Genre Pack. This strategic collaboration delivers a blend of live TV and exclusive on-demand content to US Spanish-speaking audiences. MiEspañol, one of DirecTV’s five newly curated Genre Packs, includes more […]

TPG, an alternative asset management firm, has announced the completion of its acquisition from AT&T of the remaining 70 per cent stake in DirecTV it did not already own. With the completion of this transaction, DirecTV is now a wholly owned portfolio company of TPG Capital, the firm’s US and European private equity platform. This […]