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16 unusual facts about DIRECTV


2007 BYU Cougars football team

DirecTV continued to negotiate with Comcast for distribution in the MWC "footprint", but Dish Network discontinued negotiations until the FCC resolved a legal question regarding the Big Ten Network (BTN) that could potentially affect the mtn.

Charles Divins

Charles Divins (born January 29, 1976 in Dallas, Texas) is an American model-turned-actor who played the role of Chad Harris-Crane on the television soap opera Passions from 2002 to 2007, when he decided not to join some of the other cast members when Passions moves from NBC to DirecTV.

Desert Runners

On November 21, 2013, Desert Runners made its television debut on DirecTV's Audience Network.

DirecTV-10

DirecTV-10 transmits MPEG-4 encoded signals, a compression standard which is more efficient than MPEG-2 which DirecTV uses for standard definition and a small number of HD channels.

DirecTV-11

Those first channels were MPEG-4 counterparts of the older MPEG-2 channels DirecTV originally carried in the 70-79 channel range as well as four east coast distant network channels.

KVH Industries

The TracVision satellite TV systems are compatible with services such as DirecTV, Bell TV, SKY México, and others.

Rick Sutcliffe

After his retirement from baseball, Sutcliffe became a color commentator for the San Diego Padres on Channel 4 San Diego (1997–2004), ESPN (1998–present) and DirecTV/MLB International (1997–2002 and since 2010, as well as a minor-league pitching coach in the San Diego Padres system for a couple of seasons.

Something to Talk About

Something to Talk About (documentary series), a 2013 series of documentaries presented by Brainstorm Media and DirecTV

The Artie Lange Show

The Artie Lange Show is available on the Audience Network channel 239 on DirecTV, Sirius channel 92, XM channels 208 and 165, Extreme Talk, and terrestrial radio affiliates throughout the United States.

The FIZZ

The television program was created by Andrew Kobliska, for DirecTV Original Entertainment.

The MoShow

Premiering on January 1, 2011 on over 300 television stations throughout the United States and on DirecTV Channel 354, it is hosted by Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff (of Pacific Coast Hellway) and Dana Ward (of ClevverTV), with production by Frank Chindamo.

The Prince's Trust

The trust still has some fundraising events, including a Rock Gala that aired on 25 December 2010 on DirecTV.

There's Only One Way to Try a Case

"There's Only One Way to Try a Case" is the first episode of the fourth season of the DirecTV legal drama series Damages and the show's fortieth episode overall.

DirecTV has reported that the season four premiere of Damages was watched by 1 million viewers across its initial four airings.

This is comparable to the 900,000 viewers that DirecTV reported for the season premiere of the final season of Friday Night Lights.

Timeline of Electronic Frontier Foundation actions

EFF helps defend "smart card" technology owner Mike Treworgy after DirecTV sued him based on the fact that he purchased hardware that could be used to intercept the company's satellite TV signals.


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1080p

However, satellite services (e.g., DirecTV, XstreamHD and Dish Network) utilize the 1080p/24-30 format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 encoding for pay-per-view movies that are downloaded in advance via satellite or on-demand via broadband.

Cara Castillo

Lindsay Hartley is a veteran of daytime having been a cast member of the NBC and DirecTV soap opera Passions for its entire run from 1999 to 2008.

DirecTV Sports Networks

On April 1, 2011, the three FSN affiliates owned by DIRECTV re-branded under the new name Root Sports.

ESPN Deportes

ESPN Deportes is available on some cable systems including Comcast, AT&T, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Brighthouse Networks, as well as on Dish Network and DirecTV.

I.TV

i.TV’s financial backers include venture capital firms Union Square Ventures (backer of Twitter, Tumblr and other companies), RRE Ventures, Rho Ventures, Time Warner Investments, DIRECTV, and others.

KTVW-DT

KTVW-DT also operates the UniMás station for the Phoenix market on low-powered KFPH-CD (channel 35), which broadcasts on full-powered KFPH-DT (channel 13) in Flagstaff (also a part of the Phoenix market), giving it "must-carry" broadcast station status on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network.

NFL Sunday Ticket

DirecTV subscribers with interactive DVRs receive a three to four minute recap of every NFL Sunday Ticket game on demand with this feature, via channel 1005.

Smash Williams

Brian "Smash" Williams is a fictional character in the NBC/DirecTV(The 101 Network) drama television series Friday Night Lights portrayed by actor Gaius Charles.

South Lakes High School

Andrew Siciliano, broadcaster for Fox Sports Radio, Fox Sports Net television, DirecTV Red Zone Channel, Arena Football

Spaceway F2

SPACEWAY-2 immediately started broadcasting HD locals to DirecTV customers in eight more markets: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Sacramento and San Diego, California; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Nashville, Tennessee; Kansas City, Missouri.

Spamigation

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Spot beam

One notable example of the use of spot beams is on direct broadcast satellite systems such as DirecTV and Dish Network that deliver local broadcast television via satellite only to viewers in the part of North America from which those terrestrial broadcast stations originate.

Taryn Southern

She later went on to star in and executive produce DirecTV's first original series, Project My World.

Telestream

Many media and entertainment companies such as CBS, BBC, CNN, Fox, CBC, Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner, MTV, Discovery, and Lifetime, as well as a number of users in a broad range of business environments, rely on Telestream products to streamline operations, reach broader audiences and generate more revenue from their media.

There's Only One Way to Try a Case

It originally premiered in the United States on DirecTV's Audience Network on July 13, 2011, and was the first episode of the series to air on DirecTV after the series moved from the FX network.

Univision Deportes Network

Univision Deportes Network began broadcasting on April 7, 2012 and on DirecTV on March 17, 2013, along with Univision tlNovelas and FOROtv.

WDCW

WDCW is carried on satellite provider DirecTV (as standard definition only "CW-E") to serve the few areas of the eastern United States where a CW affiliate is not receivable over-the-air or through cable television, and on JetBlue's LiveTV inflight entertainment system though DirecTV (the other network stations featured on JetBlue are predominantly from New York City).

WeaKnees

WeaKnees now offers upgrade options for a variety of DVRs, including those from ReplayTV, DIRECTV and Scientific-Atlanta.

WGWB

It was carried on various cable systems throughout the Greenville/New Bern area, including Time Warner Cable on channel 31, and was also carried on DirecTV on channel 15.

Willow Cricket

Cricket Plus was launched in 2006 as a premium channel for South Asian viewers on DirecTV and this channel also debuted in Canada as ATN Cricket Plus, owned by Asian Television Network.

Xtreme Fighters Latino

Its live events and competitions are currently shown on Sky Sports in Mexico and DirecTV Mas in the United States.