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Disney channels return to DirecTV

DirecTV and The Walt Disney Company have announced “an agreement in principle” that has seen Disney’s full linear suite of networks restored to DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and U-verse customers in the US while both parties work to finalise a new, multi-year contract. DirecTV had dropped all Disney channels on September 1st after failing to agree […]

September 16, 2024

Insight TV expands in US with DirecTV

Insight TV, ​ the millennial-focused channel operator, has announced a distribution partnership with DirecTV, increasing Insight TV’s US expansion, with the launch of two channels, InFast and InWonder, along with a curated selection of VoD content including Insight Originals. InFast viewers can look forward to summer programming such as Going For Gold (Sports) and Summer […]

August 8, 2024

Lionsgate channels on DirecTV

DirecTV and content studio Lionsgate have announced a wide-ranging licensing agreement that will immediately make five Lionsgate channels available to all DirecTV and DirecTV Stream customers in the US who receive their content via streaming, along with satellite customers who want to access them using the DirecTV App. The first of Lionsgate’s channels to join […]

June 21, 2024

AT&T OTT becomes DirecTV Stream

AT&T’s TV broadband products, including its NOW service, will this week change to DirecTV Stram as part of the shift to a relaunch as a standalone business under new investor TPG Capital. Most subscribers to the AT&T-branded OTT services started to receive official notifications of the change on August 14th, and warned of the name […]

August 23, 2021By Chris Forrester