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DirecTV prepping voice search app for this summer

by Mel Martin (Apr 23rd, 2013)

Help is on the way. DirecTV has been demoing a new app, due out in beta this summer, that will let you search using voice for your desired programs or movies. You can use an actor's name, a show title or just about anything that would identify a program. DirecTV has partnered with Nuance, the ...

DirecTV iPhone app now streams selected content

by Mel Martin (Sep 21st, 2012)

DirecTV has updated its iPhone app to support streaming, but many channels remain unavailable, including news channels like Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. Fortunately, entertainment shows and movies from HBO, Cinemax, Starz and Encore are included. The programs aren't live but available via ...

DirecTV Chairman Michael White: Apple TV "won't obsolete" our tech

by Steven Sande (Jun 4th, 2012)

We don't know if an updated Apple TV or the hypothetical Apple-branded HDTV will be announced at WWDC (or ever), but just the thought of such a possibility has the big names in the cable and satellite TV business pondering a future with Apple as a competitor. DirecTV Chairman Michael White ...

DirecTV adds live video streaming on iPad

by Mel Martin (Oct 26th, 2011)

The DirecTV app for iPad got a significant bump in capabilities today by adding live streaming to giving you essentially a portable TV you can take to any room of your house. You have to be on the same network as your DirecTV receiver, and not all channels are available. I'm not seeing the pay ...

DirecTV working on 'Nomad,' may provide streaming to iOS

by Mike Schramm (Aug 29th, 2011)

Engadget recently found a teaser page on the DirecTV website that speaks about a "Nomad," a little box that promises to take your movies and TV from your home DVR out to the rest of the world (no relation, supposedly, to my favorite portable game console, the Sega Nomad). Details are slim, but ...

YouTube seals deals with major studios to compete with iTunes

by Dana Franklin (Apr 27th, 2011)

Google-owned YouTube plans to expand the premium on-demand video rental services offered through its website. Earlier this week, Google and YouTube reportedly closed deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Universal and Lionsgate to offer filmed content from these studios as ...

HBO GO app to bring Tony Soprano to your iOS device

by Dana Franklin (Apr 19th, 2011)

Need an Entourage of Sopranos to entertain you while you manage a Boardwalk Empire with your Band of Brothers? Starting in May, HBO subscribers will be able to enjoy "instant and unlimited access to the best HBO has to offer" using an iPad, iPhone or Android device. Time Warner subsidiary HBO, ...

The DIRECTV iPad app in depth

by David Winograd (Mar 28th, 2011)

The DIRECTV iPad App, a free app that we briefly wrote about when it was first released, is one of the best, most complete iPad apps I've used. If you are one of the 160,000 DIRECTV customers with a Wi-Fi connection to an HR20, HR21, R22, R23, HR24, H21, H23, H24 or H25 model receiver (or ...

Apple takes 4 percent of US digital video market, Netflix reigns

by Dana Franklin (Mar 15th, 2011)

The NPD Group crowned Netflix the heavyweight champion of digital, video-on-demand services in a statement released earlier today. Between January 2011 and February 2011, Netflix accounted for 61 percent of all movies downloaded or streamed over the internet or offered on-demand through a cable ...

DirecTV app for iPad debuts

by Mel Martin (Feb 28th, 2011)

We said it was coming, and DirecTV for iPad has now hit the App Store. The free app is a nice addition to the DirectTV service. The app can be used as a remote, it can schedule DVR recordings, and it has an easily browsable guide for locating your favorite programs and setting preferences for the ...

DirecTV announces remote control app coming soon to iPad

by Mel Martin (Feb 23rd, 2011)

We've had an iPhone app for DirecTV for quite a while now. It allows you to program your DVR directly from your smartphone, and it works well enough. Now, the satellite giant has announced an iPad app that will do the DVR programming, but also allow you to control your TV, customize the program ...

DirecTV survey suggests NFL Sunday Ticket on Apple TV

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 15th, 2010)

A recent marketing research survey from DirecTV suggests its popular NFL Sunday Ticket may land on the Apple TV. The survey quizzes DirecTV customers about different bundles and pricing plans for both the digital and regular Sunday Ticket subscription. A footnote for the internet-based, digital ...

SlingPlayer for iPad delivers all kinds of television to Apple's tablet

by Mike Schramm (Nov 17th, 2010)

Sling Media has posted a preview video of their upcoming iPad app, and you can watch it in action right after the break below. It looks pretty darn good -- the app of course allows you to stream everything that comes from your Slingbox DVR device, including live TV, DVR'd content, or any on-demand ...

DirecTV NFL Mobile: The most expensive free app in the world

by David Winograd (Sep 3rd, 2009)

DirecTV, which I love dearly and which supplies signal to eight screens in my house, has just announced the NFL Mobile app [iTunes link] which doesn't go live until September 13th (although you can download it now). Once working, the app will let you watch live streams of all NFL Sunday Ticket ...

DirecTV beams down iPhone app

by Mel Martin (Mar 30th, 2009)

Long rumored and eagerly awaited, DirecTV has finally posted their free iPhone app for finding and recording content. The DirecTV app [App Store link] has been pretty hard to find. It didn't come up in an iTunes search last night and this morning, but that may have been fixed. Locating programming ...