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T4S was the first satellite for DirecTV to employ spot beams. This technology reuses the same frequencies on multiple spot beams to reach the major television markets where DirecTV delivers the signals of local network affiliates. The satellite carried two Ku-band payloads: spot beams for local channels, and a national beam payload.
The T14 satellite is the sixth satellite built by SSL (Space Systems/Loral) for operator DirecTV. The high-capacity spacecraft is based on the SSL 1300 platform, T14 is a 20-kilowatt class Ka-band and reverse-band digital broadcast satellite that will be used to deliver Ultra HD and other new consumer services for DirecTV.
cross-platform; originally intended as a GIS; however can be fitted with GPS receiver and has support for it [72] and also allows to easily download maps from any location from an online database as OpenStreetMap, and many others [73] [74]
Digital Satellite System is the initialism expansion of the DSS digital satellite television transmission system used by DirecTV. Only when digital transmission was introduced did direct broadcast satellite (DBS) television become popular in North America , which has led to both DBS and DSS being used interchangeably to refer to all three ...
Hybrid C-band / Ku-band satellite 100.8°W DirecTV-8: LS-1300: United States DirecTV: Direct Broadcasting 22 May 2005, Proton: Hybrid K u /K a-band satellite 99.2°W DIRECTV-14 United States 2015-08-19: 99.2°W DIRECTV 11 BSS (HSS) 702 United States 2015-08-19: 99.1°W SPACEWAY-2: United States 16 November 2005, Ariane 5 ECA: 97°W: Galaxy-16 ...
Free: up to 7 downloads; In-App purchase for unlimited downloads (also unlocks all of the features except for contour lines, hillshade maps and nautical depth contours) [12] No: Yes: No: No: Lane guidance; OsmAnd+: OpenStreetMap: Android, iOS: GNU GPLv2 (except some 3rd party libs and resources) Free: As OsmAnd~ on F-Droid; Paid: On Google Play ...
In 2023, DirecTV released Gemini, a set-top box based on Android TV hardware that succeeds the DirecTV Stream box; it is distributed in two versions, with one relying solely on OTT services, and a second designed to also function as a client for the Genie system. It is designed to aggregate live TV and OTT content in a singular interface.
DirecTV began adding new HD channels on May 19 and continued June 23 and later in the summer. DirecTV added the first 3D channel to T12, ESPN 3D, on June 11, and new channels n3D and a pay-per-view 3D movie channel on July 1. A few more HD channels were added onto it in the fall of 2010, the winter of 2010-11, and the spring and summer of 2011 ...