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    AT&T Second Quarter 10K

    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/atts-epic-directv-losses-mount-as-another-954000-video-customers-flee/
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    Streaming audio

    I get by just fine with two channel sound. No need for 5.1.
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    Live streaming will soon be irrelevant!

    Sports may not be back in 60 to 90 days. Think more like at least six months and maybe longer than that.
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    2020 Price Increase for DirecTV & U-Verse TV

    You may choose Directv but ATT may not choose you for much longer. They are doing their best to push people off form satellite to streaming. They consider satellite a legacy service whose days are numberfed.
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    Directv to shift away from Satellite?

    Yup, I have the fastest speed available in my rural area, 3 Mbps. Barely good enough for streaming Netflix in SD. I might be able to get a satellite Internet connect but with it's high latency and very stingy bandwidth cap it would not suit my needs either. Satellite TV is my lifeline.
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    What Free IPTV/OTT Apps Do You Use?

    Vudu has a good free movie section and the movies have very few commercial interruptions.
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    Available Now DirecTV Now + Roku Players

    I am impressed with the DTVN picture quality. IMO it is noticeably better than either Sling or Vue. But regarding the $60 channel package, I would not call it 60 "top" channels as their marketing calls it. I have no use for channels like RFD TV, TV One, two CSPAN channels in shrunk down SD, and...
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    Sucuri firewall?

    I'm getting blocked by Sucuri when attempting to log on from Firefox. I am able to log on from Chome without a hitch.
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    Amazon Prime Question

    You are only allowed one free trial. If you already had a free trial then canceled, if you sign up again you won't get the free trial a second time and will be charged right away.
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    Showtime Standalone Online Service To Debut In Early July

    I'm happy you have something that is working for you. I would never presume to tell anyone else what to do. In my case I'm paying less than $20 monthly for Netflix and Hulu. It cost me less than $100 to put up an OTA antenna and that was a one time charge. So I am happy but admitably I don't...
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    AMC Launches Beta Test of Horror-Themed Streaming Service

    You are not required to subscribe to every paid streaming service. Just sign up for the ones you want and if you are on a tight budget sign up for only as many as you can afford even it it's only one. But with cable or satellite you are paying for channels you never watch and don't want.
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    Fios beats DirecTv in latest customer satisfaction ranking

    One thing we all must understand is that there are always going to be a few who will defend this company no matter what. The "Directv can do no wrong" crowed is just par for the course for a forum like this. Myself I am so glad that I finally got around to canceling. I was paying an outrageous...
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    Showtime Standalone Online Service To Debut In Early July

    I'd be glad pay that $15 in comparison to a $100+ cable or satellite bill. And it depends on where you are. I get stand alone DSL with no cap and plenty of bandwidth for streaming for $40 a month. And I'd have that anyway even if I were not streaming so it's not an additional charge. But none of...
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    Bloomberg TV Moves to best of Live TV Package

    On a lot of devices including my Roku you can get Bloomberg TV live streaming for free as a stand alone channel.
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    WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE FUTURE OF SUBCHANNELS ?

    I don't understand that logic. Do the subchannels own the rights to those same shows? If subchannels can get rights to those shows why can't someone get those rights to put them on a cable/satellite network? We do have TVLand and Nick at Night which both used to be good but now they mostly show...
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    Multicast Diginets

    I live in a small community, population 17,000. All of our OTA comes from translators bringing in remote signals from Salt Lake City and Reno, except that we have one local full power NBC affiliate. On subchannels we get Antenna TV, MeTV, Movies!, RetroTV, Grit, Create, Weather Nation and Zuus.
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    [Illinois] hd radio question

    The FCC allows broadcasters to rebroadcast HD signals on analog translators and that is the main reason for the existence of some HD broadcasts. Very few people if any have HD capable receivers, but analog FM is ubiquitous so broadcasters can treat those translators that rebroadcast their HD...
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    DIRECTV Told to Yank Ads Featuring Rob Lowe After Comcast Complaints

    Oh come on. You don't care for the hot babe and the talking horse?
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    FTC Charges DirecTV With False Advertising

    Good for the FTC. It's about time they did something about that. On Directv's TV ads they advertise a teaser rate in big letters on the screen then they flash a disclaimer on the screen in small unreadable letters and it's only on the screen for a second or two. I know they are not the only ones...
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    HBO streaming service could launch in April for $15 per month, work on Apple TV

    If you have an iOS device you can subscribe on that, then watch on your computer.
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    CBS News launches new online news channel

    It's available on Roku. If you already have the CBS news app on your Roku you might need to do a system update in order to get the new version of the app that supports the CBSN live stream. It's ad supported in HD.
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    AT&T To Buy DIRECTV for $67 Billion

    I hope that regulators squash this proposed merger if it gets that far. The last thing consumers need is fewer choices and bigger media companies with more power.
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    The Weather Channel and DirecTV Reach Deal!

    I'm disappointed. I didn't ever want TWC to come back. I will not be adding them to my guide. I'll stick with Weather Nation.
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    The days of $7.99 Netflix may be over....

    Most modern consumer grade routers that you can get today have really easy setup and don't require a lot of technical expertise. And if you do have any problems there are a lot of places online to get help.