DirecTV

DirecTV is arguably the largest direct broadcast satellite company in the world. Established in 1990 by Liberty Media and operating out of El Segundo, California, DirecTV has over 15 million customers as of late 2005, along with five million customers using its Latin American service as of early 2008.

DirecTV offers its users a plethora of television services, including over 100 High Definition channels, exclusive sports packages, including NCAA Basketball's Mega March Madness and the NFL's Sunday Ticket, and a comprehensive series of message forumswhere fellow subscribers can get help from each other and satellite TV experts.

The satellite system's history hasn't been completely free of controversy. In December 2005, DirecTV had to pay $5.3 million for placing calls to potential customers that were part of the United States' "Do Not Call" registry.

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• Sneak peek at Aimee Teegarden on Legend of the Seeker

  
  Show Patrol — Authority: 585
  Julie Taylor travels far from the football fields of Dillon, Texas, on Saturday. Aimee Teegarden, who plays Coach Taylors daughter on "Friday Night Lights," guest stars as Annabelle in "Touched," the next "Legend of the Seeker," airing at 4 p.m. Saturday on WGN. "Im playing one of the last Confessors...," ...
  17 hours ago

• TiVo Announces Third Quarter Results (Google Partnership, UK TiVo, DirecTV, TiVo Keyboard Remote)

  
  TiVo Blog — Authority: 479
  Earlier today, TiVo announced their third quarter financial results .  Along with the usual financial numbers (which I honestly find kind of boring), TiVo’s CEO (Tom Rogers) spoke about a number of different topics which are worth mentioning. In terms of the DirecTV partnership , Rogers said that TiVo is on ...
  3 days ago

• Who has better HD PQ? Content?

  
  SatelliteGuys.US — Authority: 170
  I have had D* for about 8 years now, and after a bunch of HD channels were launched all at once D* hasnt really added anything of interest to me within the past year. I am seriously thinking about switching to E* but I am hesitant to actually go ahead and do it. Can anyone who has had both services tell either way ...
  4 days ago

• Multiple Grammy Winner Alejandro Sanz in Concert Tonight Exclusively On DIRECTV’s The 101 Network

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 160
  DIRECTV Más and The 101 Network take you to Paradise with their new one-hour television special featuring award-winning, cross-over artist Alejandro Sanz premiering tonight, Monday Nov. 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on DIRECTV’s The 101 Network. "This exclusive DIRECTV special will show Alejandro Sanz like he has never been ...
  4 days ago

• DirecTV Appoints Michael White As New President And CEO

  
  Todays News — Authority: 107
  DirecTV has announced the appointment of Michael White as its new President and CEO. John Malone, Chairman of the DIRECTV Board has announced this and stated that White will join DirecTV on Jan. 1, 2010. White recently announced that he will retire later this year from his current position as CEO of PepsiCo ...
  4 days ago

• DirectTV – great TV packages!

  
  Sleight of Blog — Authority: 135
  As some of you might know, I am unable to watch TV at my place. Well, not unable as in being blind but unable because of this new fancy digital TV thing I hear so much about. I can’t quite get my head around it but although I often say I don’t miss watching television, I must admit that I sometimes wish I could ...
  6 days ago

• Liberty Media May Be Selling DirecTV As They Select Former Pepsi CEO To Run The Company

  
  Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — Authority: 489
  DirecTV Group Inc. (NASDAQ:DTV) has appointed Michael White as their new CEO. White previously worked at PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) as the Vice Chairman. Interestingly White does not have much experience in the food and beverage industry so that makes the decision quite interesting for DirecTV. There is speculation that he ...
  1 week ago

• DirecTV DVRs Get An App Store

  
  The Gadgeteer — Authority: 612
  Hello fellow couch potatoes! I’m not sure if this is actually news or just something that I happened to stumble upon, but tonight while I was surfing on my DirecTV DVR, I inadvertently pressed the Right arrow key on my remote while watching a live show. When I did, a popup appeared on the Right side of the screen ...
  1 week ago

• Malone Wont Rule Out Phone Deal for DirecTV

  
  DealBook — Authority: 762
  John C. Malone, the chairman of the DirecTV Group, is not ruling out a possible takeover of his company by AT&T or Verizon Communications, saying they would probably have closer ties to DirecTV as they develop packages of phone and television service.
  1 week ago

• Friday Night Lights Does Church Right

  
  Idol Chatter — Authority: 477
  Because of NBCs distribution agreement with DirecTV which allows DirecTV subscribers first crack at this season of one of the best shows on television, "Friday Night LIghts", I have had to get creative in trying to watch the show ( I am not a subscriber to the dish service and I cant wait until next summer to watch ...
  1 week ago

• Vid-Biz: Satellite, Spot Runner, Vivendi

  
  NewTeeVee — Authority: 721
  DirecTV and EchoStar Get New CEOs; Michael Dugan to come out of retirement to run EchoStar, while Michael White is leaving Pepsi to head up DirecTV. ( The Hollywood Reporter ) Spot Runner Intros a Web Platform; company says the Malibu Media Platform helps to algorithmically match ad buyers and sellers. ( MediaWeek ...
  1 week ago

• "Friday Night Lights"

  
  The HeldenFiles Online — Authority: 134
  So I was watching the latest episode of "Friday Night Lights" on my little laptop, via the press feed from DirecTV, with less than perfect video and a big DirecTV logo on the screen much of the time. And I was so drawn into it and touched by it that I said I small thank-you to DirecTV for helping to keep the show ...
  1 week ago

• Late Night Linkage

  
  Fang's Bites — Authority: 475
  It’s been quite some time since I have done late night links. Usually, I reserve late night for posting the press releases, but since I still don’t have a TV and there was a minimal amount of sports that I wanted to see, I was quite productive posting the release earlier tonight so I can do some linkage for you ...
  1 week ago

• What hedge fund whiz John Paulson sees in Liberty Media: DirecTV

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 800
  Filed under: Company News , Investing , Media Investors keep a close eye on what hedge fund titan John Paulson is trading. And given the massive profits the superstar amassed betting against the subprime mortgage sector, its little wonder. But while Paulsons recent purchase of Citibank (C) and sale of ...
  1 week ago

• Move Networks Hires Steven Cox As Executive Vice President of Strategy And Business Affairs

  
  Todays News — Authority: 107
  Move Networks has announced that it has appointed Steven Cox as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Affairs. Cox will be reporting to CEO and President Roxanne Austin. Steven Cox served as corporate counsel for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) from July 1992 to January 1995. Then ...
  1 week ago

• DirecTV Launches ‘National Geographic Channel Korea’ on International Programming Package

  
  Satellite TV News — Authority: 129
  DirecTV announced that it has launched National Geographic Channel Korea (NGCK), expanding its International programming. NGCK will be available to International programming subscribers on channel 2086 from Nov. 18. NGCK will be available to DirecTV KoreanDirect and KoreanDirect Golf subscribers. National Geographic ...
  1 week ago

• DIRECTV abandons the Zinwell WB616 (6×16) Multiswitch; We’ve Got Solutions!

  
  WeaKnees Blog — Authority: 410
  Without any warning, DIRECTV or Zinwell (not sure who’s really responsible, but we’re assuming DIRECTV) stopped production of the Zinwell WB616 (also called a WB 6×16 and WB616WB-Z) multiswitch. This device is a powered multiswitch that takes 5 lines from a 5LNB dish and enables you to power 16 tuners. With the ...
  1 week ago

• DirecTV Marketer Steals DISH Customers Via 800 Number Squatting [Consumerist Hotline]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 797
  A sneaky DirecTV marketer has bought up toll-free numbers that end in "DISH." When DISH Network customers call up, the operators make it sound like theyre from Dish and offering them a free service upgrade, but in reality, theyre switching the service and slamming the Dish Network customer into a DirecTV service ...
  1 week ago

• Michigan Basketball: Northern Michigan at Michigan -- TV Schedule

  
  GBMW Go Blue Michigan Wolverine — Authority: 147
  Northern Michigan at Michigan at Michigan Basketball Northern Michigan at Michigan 7:00pm EST. - 9:00pm EST. DirecTV Channel 610 BTN
  1 week ago

• GBMW: Michigan Hockey -- Michigan State at Michigan -- Preview

  
  GBMW Go Blue Michigan Wolverine — Authority: 147
  Michigan State at Michigan at GBMW: Michigan Hockey -- Michigan State at Michigan -- Preview Michigan Hockey coming off a bad performance and very disappointing two games against Miami (OH) will try and rebound against arch rival Michigan State this weekend. They have a home and home series this ...
  2 weeks ago

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