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Will DirecTV be launching a 3D channel in 2010?
Like it or not, 3D is coming to your HDTV in the future, and signs point to that future coming really quickly. According to HDGuru.com, DirecTV is looking to jump start things by introducing the...
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Fortune 500 Series: DirecTV strengthens customer channel with social media
While most people know Comcast as the digital darling, its social media presence is no longer a differentiator as companies like DirecTV grow their programs and put stronger emphasis on customer...
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Dead-Finger Tech: The DVR continues to be a life-changer
Several years ago, I proclaimed my kids - then ages 4 and 7 - to be pioneers of the TiVo generation. I even wrote a newspaper story about it, complete with pictures of these little kids managing...
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DirecTV releases iPhone app to taunt us cable customers
If its superior number of HD channels isn't enough to elicit some envy from cable subscribers, DirecTV is rubbing it in a little more with the official release of an iPhone app that basically lets...
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DirecTV, Verizon FiOS lead in offering HD channels
If you believed the commercials, it would be clear that Comcast is the leader when it comes to providing the most HD programming. But anyone who has Comcast as their cable provider knows that the...
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DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project
Nearly three years ago, at CES 2006, DirecTV announced that it was working on a tuner that would allow Windows Media Center to receive high-definition premium satellite signals. Earlier this year,...
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DirecTV's HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?
DirecTV's HD tuner for Media Center PCs, first announced at CES three years ago, has achieved the same notoriety as Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster. The occasional sighting is always...
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Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?
I used to watch TiVo. There's actually a double-meaning there. As a consumer, I loved my TiVo box and the TV-viewing flexibility that it introduced to my household. As a journalist, I watched the...
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TiVo's new strategy: Too little, too late?
ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz says it's time for TiVo to focus its resources on licensing its technologies for the non-TiVo DVR boxes offered by cable and satellite TV providers. TiVo should...
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DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...
Shortly after I posted my diatribe on my problems with my DIRECTV HD receivers and the company's horrible customer service, I was contacted by Stuart Sweet, a moderator on a popular Satellite TV...
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DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?
Well, I was going to write my post-mortem of the iPhone launch and go into an entire diatribe on crappy customer service and the perils of early adoption, but then I found myself with a much...
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Dishing It Out
There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a...
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So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTV
With a move pending in two weeks, my wife and I had to confront a bunch of issues - renovating the new apartment, finding movers, and of course the most important one of all - deciding whether or...
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Here's what fake HD video looks like
After this morning's piece "Don’t believe the low bit-rate ‘HD’ lie", I thought I would follow up and show you want crappy HD looks like. The following is a sample from AVSForum user Xylon...
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Broadband over powerlines gets a boost
Broadband over powerlines (BPL) may get a much-needed boost from a deal between Current Group and DirecTV. On Wednesday, Current and DirecTV announced a distribution agreement (see Techmeme...
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With Clearwire pact, satellite tv FINALLY sheds broadband commitmentphobia
Over the years, satellite-delivered television services DIRECTV (not shouting, they sp. all-caps) and EchoStar (a.k.a. "The Dish") have sent out conflicting signals about high-speed Internet...
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DirecTV offers high-definition TiVo
CNET's Patrick Houston gets a closer look DirecTV's first digital video recorder to include TiVo-powered high-definition viewing.
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New DirecTV receiver focuses on HD
ZDNet's Patrick Houston talks with DirectTV's Bob Marsocci about the company's new receiver, which includes TiVo technology and high definition recording and playback features.
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Knocked off the grid in Jersey: Surviving on mobile tech
Hurricane Irene severed all power to my town and forced me into using mobile technology as my main link to the outside world.
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Netflix, DirecTV achieve membership 'milestones'
Digital streaming has shown how popular it is with record subscriber numbers for both Netflix and DirecTV.
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