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Which Hulu Bidder Should You Be Rooting For?

12:43AM August 23, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Hulu has been for sale for awhile now, but the WSJ says the initial bids are about to trickle in. Who’s interested? Google, Yahoo, Amazon and US cable company DirectTV (where’s Microsoft?). More »


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Squatters Live In A 45-Story Skyscraper With No Elevator. They Have DirecTV Though

1:00PM March 6, 2011 | Casey Chan

Squatters in Venezuela have found a home in an unfinished 45-story skyscraper in Venezuela. They call their home the “Tower of David”, after the financier who tried to build it in the ’90s. People live up to the 28th floor in the elevator-less building and have jury-rigged electricity and water to every inhabited floor. Some of the squatters even have DirecTV satellite dishes set up. More »


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Tennis Could Change A Lot Of Minds About 3DTV

5:38PM August 25, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

DirecTV’s already brought a ton of sports to its 3D broadcast, but as of August 30, they’ll be showing the US Open. Not being much of a fan of 3DTV, this could be just the thing to change my mind. More »


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DirecTV n3D Channel Officially Live, With 24-Hour 3D Content

11:30PM July 1, 2010 | Brian Barrett

If you’re one of that small subsection of America that subscribes to DirecTV and owns a 3D television and isn’t at work right now, go ahead and flip over to the n3D channel. It’s what you’ve been waiting for. More »


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What’s The Deal With DirecTV’s 3D Channels?

10:53PM June 1, 2010 | Mark Wilson

On June 11th, four DirecTV 3D channels will go live. HDGuru has a great summary of their content and the hardware you’ll need to watch them. (Note: I heard from an insider, they’re upconverted to HD, not true 3DHD.) [HDGuru]


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Testing The First 3D DirecTV Broadcast: Surprisingly Decent

12:19PM January 7, 2010 | Mark Wilson

I’ve seen 3D on every type of TV/glasses combo, but up until now, the video feed itself was always streamed from Blu-ray. So with DirecTV in the US announcing three 3D HD channels arriving in 2010, I just had to try it out. More »


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DirecTV Launching Three Dedicated 3D HD Channels This Year

10:13AM January 7, 2010 | Mark Wilson

The leak was true. DirecTV in the States will be launching three dedicated channels for 3D content in 2010. More »


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Pay TV And Satellite Rates Are Going Up, Up, Up

3:20AM January 5, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Both Time Warner Cable and DirecTV are jacking their prices up, passing along higher channel rates to the customer. My, what a nice reminder this is that you really don’t need to be paying for cable! More »


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3D HD Television Channel Coming Next Year On DirecTV

9:19AM December 29, 2009 | Brian Barrett

HD Guru is reporting that DirecTV is going to launch the first 3D HDTV channel in the US next year. Great! Now all we need are 3D displays, content and a goofy pair of glasses. More »


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DirecTV Uses A Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen

3:27AM November 4, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Man, if you thought it was tacky and gross when DirecTV used Chris Farley in their ads, you probably won’t like the Heath Ledger, JFK or Jesus Christ spots. More »