With its recent and future improvements, DIRECTV NOW takes a leading position among the streaming services. DIRECTV NOW is a streaming source that’s gaining in popularity. That said, it’s up against some stiff competition from Hulu,…
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Jack Kirby. If you ever read a comic book or saw a movie about one, you owe a debt to Jack Kirby. Mr. Kirby defined modern comic books over 50 years ago with complex storylines, flawed…
Here’s another true story taken from my own life. I was recently housesitting for a friend. Nothing terribly hard about housesitting, because let’s be honest most houses don’t exactly change from day to day. But you…
So the other day… This guy needs a new LNB for his dish. It’s not an uncommon request, they do go bad, but we get to talking. It seems there was a bird who liked…
It’s a very different world than it was in 2009 when DIRECTV started rolling out its on demand service. Back then, most people barely had enough speed to stream standard definition, and it wasn’t even that…
So the other day… This guy tells me that he bought a new LNB for his dish and he’s getting a lot of signal loss. I ask him about his signal strength numbers and they’re…
A third season of Stranger Things is just one of this week’s highlights from the streaming service providers. Netflix, Hulu, and DIRECTV NOW have had some big announcement this week. While Netflix and Hulu’s news releases take…
Thanks to the efforts of the very obsessive Jon Wilner of the Mercury News, we finally have some closure to the question of why, all those years ago, DIRECTV didn’t pick up the new Pac-12 Network, and…
It just keeps getting better for AT&T customers and those folks who want to become AT&T customers. The company’s 1000Mbps technology continues to roll out across the country, and it’s bringing a new standard of internet…
Oh my, has it been three years already? Back in 2014 I told you all about the contract problems between Raycom Media and DIRECTV. It resulted in 53 stations across the country pulling their programming from DIRECTV for…
Does your family look like this anymore? Of course not. Your TV doesn’t look like this anymore either, I’d bet. So why are you still watching television in standard definition? If you’re still using an old…
I’ve been meaning to write this for a while. It figures that I would put it off until the actual day of the solar eclipse. Everything on earth is solar powered. It’s not just calculators and…
Streaming services don’t just compete with content. Two major streaming networks recently added some top talent to their respective rosters. Some big names recently joined Netflix and Sling TV. There’s no doubt that these streaming…
The following statement comes from AT&T’s news site: AT&T to Credit Our Wireline and Wireless Customers for All Calls and Text Messages from the USA to Barcelona Our thoughts are with the people of Barcelona…
That’s right, I said it. I didn’t just beat around the bush like SlashGear or LightReading. Those sites want to warn you about a possible future where practically every program you want will require its own streaming service….