DIRECTV & Dish vs. Local Channels: Who Pays Whom?
Q. I’m very confused about the DIRECTV fight with my local channel and other channels. Does DIRECTV have to pay the channel to carry it? Or does the channel have to pay [...]
Should You Buy an Onn TV?
Q. Walmart is advertising a 42-inch TV for $88 as part of an early Black Friday sale. The brand is called onn. Have you ever heard of it? Is it a piece of junk? Or do you [...]
What Is Comcast’s Choice TV?
Q. A friend of mine said he was thinking of getting Choice TV from Comcast, but he had trouble describing it. It had something to do with a small lineup and less money. Do [...]
Updated: AT&T Says You Can Now Order U-verse (Sort Of)
AT&T says you can now order its struggling U-verse TV service “in select locations” although the company’s web site says it’s stopped selling it. [...]
DIRECTV: The Customers Speak Out!
Last week, I posted two articles here on why DIRECTV has lost as many as six million subscribers since being purchased by AT&T, and whether AT&T will end the bleeding [...]
DIRECTV: What Went Wrong?
Q. I know you’ve been covering DIRECTV for a long time so can you explain why they have lost so many subscribers. I’ve been a DIRECTV subscribers for more than 20 [...]
The Dish Blackouts: The Customers Speak Out!
Dish is now involved in six different programming disputes that has forced the satcaster to remove dozens of channels including such high-profile favorites as HBO, the NFL [...]
Kaloopy’s Eye Candy Channel Finds New Home
The Eye Candy Channel, which was unceremoniously removed in April from Pluto TV, has found a new TV home, DistroTV, a Pluto TV rival. The channel, which is owned by a Los [...]
Updated: DIRECTV Loses ABC’s ‘Distant’ Channel, But Keeps Others
Updated, June 1, 9:30 a.m. ET DIRECTV can no longer carry ABC’s ‘out-of-market’ channel under a new law, but it has signed last-minute deals with CBS, NBC, [...]
AT&T Stops Selling U-verse TV
AT&T has announced that it’s no longer selling its U-verse TV service to new customers. The telco made the announcement today on the U-verse page at ATT.com. [...]