DirecTV has started a trial run where new customers cannot sign up for a satellite package — only its streaming service ...

DirecTV seems to be shutting down new subscriptions to its satellite service in a number of test markets. When prospective customers in these test areas attempt to sign up for tra ...

In a significant rebranding move, DirecTV is now positioning itself as a streaming service, eliminating the need for a satellite dish to access its content. The company is launching a new ad ...

Even the major satellite services are starting to distance themselves from satellite TV. According to Variety, DirecTV is ...

DirecTV experiments with cord-cutting as more customers shift to streaming-only; the company just ended satellite service in select areas.

DirecTV Stream has undergone another rebranding and is now known as DirecTV (yes, it’s confusing, see below). This change reflects the company’s focus on streaming as its primary service ...

The focus of the ad campaign: DirecTV is a streaming company, too. As pay TV distributors — both satellite and cable companies — have seen customers flee for streaming, DirecTV is trying to ...

DirecTV and Dish Network, longtime satellite TV adversaries, are set to merge. DirecTV announced a deal Monday with Dish parent company EchoStar to acquire Dish in a deal valued at nearly $10 ...

DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow indicated his company wasn't willing to change the deal to satisfy Dish bondholders. "We have terminated the transaction because the proposed Exchange Terms were necessary ...

DirecTV still offers satellite service for new subscribers. The costs are mostly the same as DirecTV via Internet, and new subscribers get a Gemini box that’s similar to the Gemini Air model for ...

As of Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, at 5 p.m. EST, KSAT was removed from the DIRECTV Stream channel lineup, meaning that KSAT is currently not available to DIRECTV Stream subscribers in the San Antonio area.

With pay TV distributors losing customers to streaming services, DirecTV aims to convey that its service doesn’t require a bulky satellite dish. “We built this as an alternative. … ...