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In 1981, United Video Satellite Group launched the first EPG service in North America, a cable channel known simply as The Electronic Program Guide.It allowed cable systems in the United States and Canada to provide on-screen listings to their subscribers 24 hours a day (displaying programming information up to 90 minutes in advance) on a dedicated cable channel.
On February 25, 2021, AT&T announced that it would spin-off DirecTV, U-Verse TV, and AT&T TV into a separate entity, selling a 30% stake to TPG Inc., while retaining a 70% stake in the new standalone company. The deal closed on August 2, 2021. [6] [7] DirecTV Stream, which offers Live TV and On Demand content, launched in August 2021. [79]
Launched in 1981 as the Electronic Program Guide, then became the Prevue Guide, then modified slightly into Prevue Channel. Purchased by TV Guide in 1999 and renamed TV Guide Channel and then became the TV Guide Network in 2007, and then shortened to TVGN in 2013, as of January 14, 2015, it is now Pop. Sci-Fi Channel NBCUniversal
DirecTV will launch MyFree DirecTV, a new free streaming TV service, in November. It will have free live TV channels and on-demand shows with ads. DirecTV has a new free streaming service coming.
ESPN, Disney Channel, FX and several other networks and channels went dark Sunday night for DirecTV subscribers.. DirecTV and Disney have been negotiating a new contract to keep Disney's content ...
It was the first satellite used to broadcast local channels for DirecTV in major DMAs, and was positioned at 101.2° W when it first entered service. [29] In April 2007, the satellite was relocated to 72.5° W and leased to Telesat to cover the loss of DirecTV 2 and serve as backup capacity to the troubled Nimiq 2 satellite.
For 11 million DirecTV subscribers, many channels went dark Sunday as DirecTV and Disney's current five-year contract ended Sunday, Sept. 1.
DSports (formerly known as DirecTV Sports) is a Latin American sports subscription television channel owned by satellite provider Vrio Corp. and operated by Torneos. The network broadcasts and operates its feeds from Argentina , Brazil , Chile and Uruguay , and also broadcasts to parts of Caribbean , Colombia , Ecuador and Peru .