46 posts and columns on DirecTV

Voices

TV Service Providers Held Talks With Aereo

in Media on March 31 at 5:02 pm PT

But no deals for would-be TV disruptor.

Waiting for the Cord-Cutting Numbers to Show Up? Keep Waiting.

in Media on March 20 at 1:26 pm PT

Another year of zero growth for pay TV. Which isn’t good, but it could be worse.
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DirecTV Bets on Web Video Ad Manager FreeWheel

in Media on January 31 at 7:53 am PT

More money for the “DoubleClick of Web Video.”
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Why Al Jazeera’s Cable Move Could Cost Much More Than $500 Million

in Media on January 4 at 11:40 am PT

The news channel’s new pay TV partners are paying up, for now. What happens if that changes? We may find out.
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Sony, DirecTV Bring Back NFL for Cord-Cutters

in Media on August 31, 2012 at 7:38 am PT

It’s not cheap, but it is legal: Every NFL game, on your TV, via your PS3.
NFL sunday ticket Sony

Google Pulls the Plug on Its TV Ads Business

in Media on August 30, 2012 at 3:00 pm PT

Remember when Google was going to make the leap from the Web to newspapers, radio and TV?
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The Truth About Pay TV: It’s Still Not Shrinking

in Media on August 3, 2012 at 3:00 am PT

Reuters says 400,000 Americans have stopped paying for TV this year. That’s not true.
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Netflix, Epix, and the End of the Exclusive: Why Reed Hastings’s Competitors Will Get Their Hands on Some of His Biggest Movies

in Media on July 25, 2012 at 11:00 am PT

Netflix is paying a lot to show blockbusters like “Thor” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” Now the competition is going to get them, too.
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Viacom’s $5 Billion DirecTV Deal Keeps the Bundle Intact for Seven More Years

in Media on July 20, 2012 at 9:34 am PT

It’s fun to speculate about cord-cutting and bundle-breaking. But the pay-TV world has no interest in changing. Long-term, big-dollar deals like this are the reason why.
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News Byte

Viacom and DirecTV Settle

in Media on July 20, 2012 at 6:06 am PT

Viacom and DirecTV have settled their fee dispute, which means the satellite service’s 20 million customers will get access to shows like “Dora the Explorer” and “The Colbert Report” again. Neither side revealed terms, but they are very likely to be the same as every other carriage agreement: Viacom will get less than the fee increase it was asking for, DirecTV will pay more than it wanted to, and the costs will be transferred to TV watchers.

That Was Quick: Viacom Ends Web Ban for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, July 17, 2012 at 4:20 am PT

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Stay Free on the Web, Thanks to a Hulu Loophole

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, July 11, 2012 at 6:01 pm PT

Pay-TV Guys Tell Customers How to Watch TV Without Paying. Again.

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, July 11, 2012 at 11:49 am PT

Dear Dish Network: Your Spam Makes Me Sad. Please Stop.

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, November 23, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Big Cable Loses More Subscribers, Still Says It Isn’t Seeing Cord-Cutting

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, October 27, 2011 at 7:29 am PT

Why the Dish/Blockbuster Streaming Service Won’t Wound Netflix

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, September 23, 2011 at 11:42 am PT

How to Watch the NFL on the Web, Legally, for Free

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, September 8, 2011 at 3:25 pm PT

Would-Be Hulu Buyers Will Have Their Checkbooks Ready Next Week

Posted by Peter Kafka in News, August 11, 2011 at 7:38 am PT

Netflix and Hulu Help Out Viacom, Too. Next Up: Apple? Amazon? Everyone?

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, August 5, 2011 at 7:12 am PT

DirecTV Says It’s Kicking Hulu’s Tires, Too

Netflix Crushing the Digital Movie Competition

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, March 15, 2011 at 5:52 am PT

Comcast Pitches NBC Deal to Investors: Check Out Our “Wow Chart”!

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, December 3, 2009 at 5:35 am PT