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DirecTV adds another 600,000 Latin American users in Q1

By Daniel Frankel May. 8, 2012, 3:59pm No Comments

DirecTV continued to reap the benefits of Latin American expansion in Q1, increasing revenue in the region by 33 percent while providing a role model for other subscription-based media companies like Netflix who are also endeavoring the expense of southern infiltration. Still, investors remain unimpressed. Read More »

Latin America Drives DirecTV’s Growth; 590K New Subs In 3 Months

By Daniel Frankel Feb. 17, 2012, 6:35am Comments Off

DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) continues to provide a useful blueprint for other U.S. media companies looking to expand into Latin America. On Thursday… Read More »

Post Its $3.6 Billion Cable Deal, Verizon Puts Brakes On FiOS Expansion

By Ingrid Lunden Dec. 9, 2011, 7:21pm Comments Off

Last week, Verizon announced a $3.6 billion deal to buy wireless spectrum from cable operators and resell their pay-TV services. This week,… Read More »

Comcast Drops Its Lawsuit Against DirecTV After Just Two Weeks

By Joe Mullin Aug. 20, 2011, 3:57am Comments Off

Several days after losing the first round in court, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) has dropped its false advertising case against DirecTV (NYSE: DTV)… Read More »

Comcast Won’t Get A Quick Win In Lawsuit Against DirecTV

By Joe Mullin Aug. 10, 2011, 7:00am Comments Off

DirecTV’s new advertising campaign is really rankling Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA). The cable company tried to convince a federal judge this week t… Read More »

Comcast Sues DirecTV, Calling Company A ‘Serial False Advertiser’

By Joe Mullin Aug. 5, 2011, 5:22am Comments Off

Savvy consumers already know that when considering a product advertised with the word “free,” it often pays to read the fine print. In a sig… Read More »

Targeted TV Provider Invidi Closes $49 Million Round With DirecTV

By David Kaplan Apr. 14, 2011, 11:05pm Comments Off

TV ad targeter Invidi Technologies has closed a whopping $49 million fourth round with the addition of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) as an investor. T… Read More »

DirecTV, Starcom In Targeted TV Ad Pact

By Andrew Wallenstein Dec. 21, 2010, 12:02am Comments Off

DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) has struck a deal with Starcom MediaVest to test targeted TV ads next fall, according to The Wall Street Journal. The te… Read More »

DirecTV Partners With Google TV Ads

By David Kaplan Aug. 11, 2010, 8:45pm 1 Comment

This is one of the big partnerships Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV Ads has been waiting for…. DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) is handing over some of its nati… Read More »

Liberty’s Malone Will Be Out As DirecTV Chairman; Maffei Leaving Board, Too

By Staci D. Kramer Apr. 7, 2010, 3:20am Comments Off

Over the past few years satellite distributor DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) serially has been under the control of two of the most powerful men in med… Read More »

Vancouver 2010: Watching The ‘Everywhere’ Olympics From 30,000 Feet

By Staci D. Kramer Feb. 15, 2010, 4:15pm 3 Comments

Through some quirks of scheduling, I got my first taste of Olympics action on a laptop through in-flight wireless — not the big screen in o… Read More »

SEC Watch: New DirecTV CEO Could Make $35.5 Million (And Then Some)

By Staci D. Kramer Nov. 21, 2009, 12:23am Comments Off

Michael White, the PepsiCo vet who takes over as president and CEO of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) Jan. 1, could make more than $35 million during hi… Read More »

DirecTV Finally Gets New CEO: PepsiCo’s Michael White

Earnings: DirecTV: Profit Drops 11 Percent; Exploring Version Of 'TV Everywhere'

Former DirecTV COO Roxanne Austin To Head Up Move Networks

Could Sling Cofounder Blake Krikorian Be Heading To DirecTV?

DirecTV Wants In On Geo-Targeted Ad Biz; Will Launch Option In 2011