Live TV streamers in the US are more satisfied than cable and satellite customers, according to the JD Power 2024 US Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study. Overall satisfaction for live TV streamers is 625 (on a 1,000-point scale) compared with 524 among cable and satellite customers. The biggest gap in satisfaction between live TV streaming […]
DirecTV for Business, a specialist in delivering high-quality entertainment to senior living communities nationwide, has announced a multi-year agreement with Link-age Solutions, a specialised group purchasing organisation, naming them the exclusive preferred provider of in-room entertainment for Link-Age Solutions’ nearly 1,100 senior living communities. The collaboration is designed to create a more connected and […]
Fox Weather, Fox News Media’s FAST service, is available to DirecTV customers in the US. Fox Weather president, Sharri Berg, commented: “As the fastest growing weather service, we are excited to expand our relationship with DirecTV to bring our crucial coverage to their audience.” Available to all DirecTV customers with the Entertainment package or higher, Fix Weather will […]
DirecTV and The Walt Disney Company have announced “an agreement in principle” that has seen Disney’s full linear suite of networks restored to DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and U-verse customers in the US while both parties work to finalise a new, multi-year contract. DirecTV had dropped all Disney channels on September 1st after failing to agree […]
US pay-TV operator DirecTV is raising its subscription price despite still being in dispute with Disney over carriage of certain channels. The price rises will be effective on or after October 6th. The broadcaster says customers will notice adjusted rates on their next billing cycle. The company is updating prices for both its satellite and […]
The Walt Disney Company and US satellite TV provider DirecTV have failed to reach a new distribution deal for ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned networks, resulting in more than 11 million DirecTV subscribers across the US losing access to those networks on September 1st. The expiry of the prior deal, which was signed in 2019, […]
DirecTV Inflight, a distributor of content in the commercial aviation industry, has launched an IPTV service for business aviation in collaboration with Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider. This media streaming technology offers business aviation customers access to live TV programming, including a comprehensive sports lineup. The solution is completely hardware-free, allowing passengers […]
DirecTV Advertising, a specialist in addressable TV solutions, and Publicis Media, the media division of Publicis Groupe, has released a study titled Premium, Defined: Long-Form Content Drives Ad Success. The joint study was fielded by Vital Findings in May 2024 and uncovers consumers’ definition of premium content and their sentiment towards the ads that appear […]
Gunpowder & Sky has announced that its Fast Channel, Alien Nation by DUST, has been added to Pluto TV, Paramount’s AVoD and FAST service, in the US. This comes on the heels of the channel’s addition to DirecTV’s lineup earlier this year. Alien Nation by DUST is the home of the unexplained and all things […]
Insight TV, the millennial-focused channel operator, has announced a distribution partnership with DirecTV, increasing Insight TV’s US expansion, with the launch of two channels, InFast and InWonder, along with a curated selection of VoD content including Insight Originals. InFast viewers can look forward to summer programming such as Going For Gold (Sports) and Summer […]