The second quarter numbers are in, and it’s not a great time to be a cable company. Broadcast Engineering reports that the top 13 multichannel providers (cable and satellite companies) lost a total of 325,000 subscribers last month….
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DIRECTV’s Protection Plan is a great deal for those folks who don’t do their own upgrades. We’ve got a lot of DIYers here but there are also a lot of folks who want a simple, worry…
I’ll admit when I got it wrong. In this article, I lambasted NBC for their coverage of the 2012 Olympics. Turns out I have no idea what I am talking about. Despite cries from the blogosphere,…
A little bit of new nomenclature I read about… for all those commercial types who follow DIRECTV Residential Experience. The base level of DRE is now simply called “DIRECTV Residential Experience.” This is the version without…
The Tipping Point. It’s the subject of an excellent book by Malcolm Gladwell. He talks about the tiny little changes that cause an idea to go viral, a social change to occur, or a product to succeed. The…
DIRECTV’s west coast offices are near LA International Airport. Is it any surprise then that SoCal residents have hands down the best selection of HD channels? As if a full slate of network programs wasn’t enough,…
In case you haven’t heard, Apple and Samsung are in the middle of a complicated legal battle. It seems to boil down to, Apple makes iPads and iPhones, and Samsung makes things that kinda look like…
DIRECTV may have lost some subscribers but Time Warner’s got them beat. According to their own financials, released today, They lost 169,000 subscribers in the last quarter. It doesn’t seem like the people who dump Time Warner…
DIRECTV continues to grow in Latin America, and they continue to increase profits. While the tendency is to say, “Take that, Viacom” it’s not all completely rosy. It’s hard to get a real picture from these…
August 1st marks the six month anniversary of the relaunch of our blog and forums. We sure have come a long way since February! In six months, we’ve gone from 1 user (me) and 1 visit (also…
I don’t get it. With a zillion hours of streaming coverage, 3D coverage on DIRECTV, and plenty of channels available, this should be the best Olympics ever for the sports-obsessed. Yet there is more complaining than ever. The New York…
Does your DIRECTV receiver seem like a dinosaur? If it’s been a while since you looked at new satellite equipment, it’s time to look again. Even if it’s only been 5 years since you looked at…
If you’re a fan of DIRECTV TVApps, you’ve no doubt noticed that they have been a little bit twitchy the last few days. You might have noticed that the weather channel app is not responding right…
What’s the ultimate in TV? I mean, we all agree that we want a huge TV, right? Who wouldn’t? Isn’t that what life’s about? We want our TVs to be somewhere between the viewscreen on the…
In all the hoopla over DIRECTV and Viacom yesterday, we missed a very important anniversary! On July 10, 1962, exactly 50 years ago yesterday, the first TV communications satellite was launched. Telstar 1 was created…