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DirecTV's Sleazy Auto-Renewal on Sports Packages Disgruntling One Customer At a Time

DirecTV has a monopoly on the market for sports subscription packages.  If you follow any teams not in your region, chances are that the only way you're going to be able to tune in is to subscribe to a DirecTV package (via their business relationships with MLB, the NFL, ESPN,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Travis Van, DirecTV

Blog posts 2007-09-02

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DIRECTV Mas Honors Oscar de la Hoya With Its First Annual Community Service Award

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- With the East Los Angeles Community Center as the backdrop, DIRECTV Mas honored legendary boxing hero, Oscar de la Hoya, today with its first annual DIRECTV Mas Community Service Award and a $250,000 contribution to the Oscar de la Hoya Foundation. DIRECTV Mas, DIRECTV's Spanish- and...

Articles 2008-07-16

Creative Vistas Realizes $5.6 Million from Sale of Cable-Servicing Firm 180 Connect to DirecTV

Cash from Transaction to Help Finance U.S. Expansion Strategy WHITBY, Ontario & LOS ANGELES -- Creative Vistas, Inc. (OTCBB:CVAS), a leading provider of advanced video security and surveillance solutions as well as broadband-related services, today announced that it has realized approximately $5.6 million in cash from the recently-completed...

Articles 2008-07-15

DIRECTV Customers Schedule More than 1 Million DVR Recordings Using the Internet and Mobile Phones

DIRECTV TiVo([R]) Series2 Receivers Now Have DVR Scheduler Capability; Top 15 Recorded Shows Featured For Month of June EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- DIRECTV customers nationwide are embracing a new way to remotely record their favorite shows to their DVRs with the DIRECTV DVR Scheduler. This week, the DVR...

Articles 2008-07-10

DIRECTV and Dish Network Reseller Bulk TV & Internet Improves Financial Operations With Intacct

Intacct, a leader in on-demand financialmanagement and accounting applications, today announced that by using theIntacct financial management system, Bulk TV & Internet has greatlyimproved its financial operations and its strategic business decisionmaking process. The company also leverages Intacct's native integrationwith salesforce.com to facilitate collaboration and more effective businessprocesses between...

Articles 2008-07-09

DIRECTV Acquires Significant Portion of Its Installation Network with Close of 180 Connect and UniTek USA Transactions

With New Wholly-Owned Installation Subsidiary DIRECTV to Build on Its Industry-Leading Customer Satisfaction EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- DIRECTV, Inc. and 180 Connect Inc. have completed the previously announced transaction enabling DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite television service, to gain control over a significant portion of its installation and...

Articles 2008-07-09

Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup TV Package Announced

- Mazda Doubles The TV Time: 60 Minutes Per Race - IRVINE, Calif., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- After months of hard work, created by the open wheel unification in February, Mazda is pleased to announce the 2008 TV package for the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5...

Articles 2008-07-09

JetBlue Airways to offer in-flight access to Tour de France

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New York-based airline JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq:JBLU) yesterday (3 July) announced that it will be partnering with VERSUS, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSA) (Nasdaq:CMCSK), to offer on-board coverage of the Tour de France. The 23-day competition will...

Articles 2008-07-04

MDU Communications Closes $10 Million in Credit Facility Financing, Increases Facility to $30 Million

MDU Communications International, Inc. (OTCBB: MDTV), and its wholly owned subsidiary MDU Communications USA Inc., a leading end-to-end provider of DIRECTV® digital satellite television programming and broadband Internet services to the United States residential multi-dwelling unit market, today announces that it has closed a $10 million increase to its current...

Articles 2008-07-03

DIRECTV Strengthens Nationwide Customer Service Support with New Huntington, West Virginia Call Center

DIRECTV Celebrates Grand Opening of Its Sixth Owned-and-Operated Call Center Today; Former PRC Facility Will Employ More Than 550 Agents and Staff EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Continuing to sharpen its focus on customer care and enhance its industry-leading customer satisfaction, DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite TV provider, today...

Articles 2008-06-30

August is Country Month on DIRECTV as The 101 Network Brings the Best Performances from the Famed Country Concert Festival in Hickory Hill Lakes to over 17 Million Viewers

Phil Vassar, Tracy Lawrence, BlackHawk and Lady Antebellum to Be Featured among Ten Plus Acts at the Country Music Event of the Summer! EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite television provider, is taking over Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes for the second year in...

Articles 2008-06-30

DIRECTV On Demand Now Available Nationwide

DIRECTV's New on Demand Service Offers Thousands of Free Titles, Internet Program Guide, Rich Graphics and High-Definition EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- DIRECTV, Inc. (NASDAQ:DTV), the nation's leading satellite television service provider, today launched its highly anticipated DIRECTV on Demand service to customers across the country. The platform is...

Articles 2008-06-30

DIRECTV Officially Opens Huntington Call Center on Monday

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Articles 2008-06-27

DIRECTV, an Antenna Software Customer, Wins ROI Award From Nucleus Research

Antenna Software, delivering real businessmobility to the world's most demanding enterprises, today announced thatNucleus Research selected DIRECTV, Inc. as a 2008 Technology ROI Awardrecipient for its implementation of Antenna's AMPowerTM SALES solution.The mobile CRM solution provides members of the DIRECTV sales force withreal-time access to business-critical customer and product informationstored...

Articles 2008-06-26

Director gets turn in front of camera

Sunday, Artie Kempner finds out what's it's like to keep talking even if somebody is yelling in his ear. Usually, it's the other way around. In a 26-year TV sports career, he has directed Fox coverage of Super Bowls and Daytona 500s and, previously at CBS, directed The...

Articles 2008-06-20

Eddy Hartenstein and William Morrow Join Broadcom Board of Directors

IRVINE, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation today announced that Eddy W. Hartenstein, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV, Inc., and William T. Morrow, Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Gas & Electric Company, have joined the Broadcom Board of Directors. Mr. Hartenstein, 57,...

Articles 2008-06-19

Wimbledon Interactive from DIRECTV and ESPN is as Sweet as Strawberries and Cream for Tennis Fans

DIRECTV Doubles Up With ESPN2 to Offer Its First Interactive TV Service for the Grand Slam Tennis Event Featuring Wimbledon Mix Channel with Nearly 200 Hours of Additional Live Coverage EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- DIRECTV Interactive is becoming as prevalent as a 130-mph service ace among TV viewers...

Articles 2008-06-17

$1,000,000 In Prize Money Up For Grabs during DIRECTV's Broadcast of 2008 Championship Gaming Series

CGS Begins its Second Season of Live HD Broadcasts Starting June 16 Exclusively on DIRECTV's 101 Network EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- DIRECTV's The 101 Network brings gaming back to its summer line up with the broadcast of the Championship Gaming Series CGS North America and World Final competitions....

Articles 2008-06-16

Fox Soccer Channel Makes a Move on DirecTV

FSC relocates to DirecTV Channel 619 starting June 18, 2008 LOS ANGELES -- Fox Soccer Channel will shift to Channel 619 for DirecTV subscribers starting Wednesday, June 18. Viewers will notice a crawl, which began June 11, that serves as a reminder of the channel's switch-over from its...

Articles 2008-06-12

Frontier Airlines adds seven channels to DIRECTV

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Frontier Airlines has upgraded the channel lineup on its DIRECTV in-flight entertainment service. The airline has added seven new networks: MTV, CBS, FOX, USA, Comedy Central, ESPNU and the CW. The 24-channel lineup is available in all of...

Articles 2008-06-12