Here is part of the statement many of you remember from Directv in January:
DIRECTV ActiveTM
In February, DIRECTV customers will have access to a wide range of interactive services, which can be both personalized and localized. These new services will include daily and extended weather forecasts, financial market summaries, daily horoscopes, lottery results, pay per view and broadcast TV recommendations, as well as special DIRECTV network promotions. Using the new remote control, viewers simply push the button labeled "Active," then use their remote to navigate through the interactive features.
In addition, DIRECTV Active's video and audio components provide additional information from DIRECTV and its diverse advertising partners. Some of the features available with DIRECTV Active include:
Weather - Provides current and five-day local weather forecasts for thousands of U.S. cities, as well as regional weather maps updated throughout the day.
DIRECTV Mix Channels - Lets customers direct tune to the DIRECTV Mix Channels.
What's Hot - Keeps customers up-to-date on the week's best movies, series and special programming offered by DIRECTV.
Horoscope - Allows customers to check their daily horoscope by clicking on their individual star sign.
Lottery - Offers up-to-the-minute results from the 38 state lotteries in the United States.
Customers with non-interactive-enabled receivers will be able to view the DIRECTV Mix channels, but will not be able to listen and direct tune to the channels featured on the screen. In addition, the DIRECTV ActiveTM functionality will not be available on non-interactive-enabled receivers.
DIRECTV has been deploying interactive-capable receivers since April 2004. In February, these set-top boxes will receive a software download that will enable these interactive capabilities. The model number of this new box is the D10 basic receiver from DIRECTV.
Notice that I bolded February. It seems as though Directv fell behind on their promise to Deliver this to us. I went and bought a D10 back in January so that I could recieve this. I just hope they release this very soon.
DIRECTV ActiveTM
In February, DIRECTV customers will have access to a wide range of interactive services, which can be both personalized and localized. These new services will include daily and extended weather forecasts, financial market summaries, daily horoscopes, lottery results, pay per view and broadcast TV recommendations, as well as special DIRECTV network promotions. Using the new remote control, viewers simply push the button labeled "Active," then use their remote to navigate through the interactive features.
In addition, DIRECTV Active's video and audio components provide additional information from DIRECTV and its diverse advertising partners. Some of the features available with DIRECTV Active include:
Weather - Provides current and five-day local weather forecasts for thousands of U.S. cities, as well as regional weather maps updated throughout the day.
DIRECTV Mix Channels - Lets customers direct tune to the DIRECTV Mix Channels.
What's Hot - Keeps customers up-to-date on the week's best movies, series and special programming offered by DIRECTV.
Horoscope - Allows customers to check their daily horoscope by clicking on their individual star sign.
Lottery - Offers up-to-the-minute results from the 38 state lotteries in the United States.
Customers with non-interactive-enabled receivers will be able to view the DIRECTV Mix channels, but will not be able to listen and direct tune to the channels featured on the screen. In addition, the DIRECTV ActiveTM functionality will not be available on non-interactive-enabled receivers.
DIRECTV has been deploying interactive-capable receivers since April 2004. In February, these set-top boxes will receive a software download that will enable these interactive capabilities. The model number of this new box is the D10 basic receiver from DIRECTV.
Notice that I bolded February. It seems as though Directv fell behind on their promise to Deliver this to us. I went and bought a D10 back in January so that I could recieve this. I just hope they release this very soon.
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