Disney and DirecTV announced a new multi-year carriage deal Tuesday that will for the first time give DirecTV customers the ability to watch live and on-demand content from ESPN’s WatchESPN service. Also… Read more »
DirecTV soft-launched its Latino streaming service Yaveo Monday, offering three live TV feeds channels as well some 2700 hours of on-demand content for $7.99 per month. Yaveo operates completely separate from… Read more »
After weeks of threats, CBS followed through late Friday afternoon and took its stations off Dish Network. Dish subscribers in 14 markets around the country, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and… Read more »
Yaveo is targeting Spanish-speaking audiences with a mix of movies, telenovelas and live soccer matches. We’ve got the deets on a number of unannounced content partners. Read more »
Hablas Español? Then DirecTV would like to sell you its upcoming online video service. The company is getting ready to launch a service specifically targeting Latinos. Read more »
AT&T (S ATT) is in advanced talks to buy DirecTV (S DTV) for $50 billion, or about $100 per share, Bloomberg reported Monday. AT&T’s plan is to turn the satellite company… Read more »
Looks like Dish’s (S DISH) internet TV deal with Disney (S DIS) may open the floodgates for news about similar arrangements: Reuters is reporting that DirecTV is in negotiations with Disney… Read more »
For Comcast, the big money may be in Time Warner Cable’s broadband subscribers. But for its competition, the pressure is on to reinvent TV. Read more »