DirecTV

More people cut the cable-satellite TV cord than ever before in 2020, which is pretty remarkable when you consider how the coronavirus kept everyone at home for most of the year.

CARACAS – It has been over a week since the U.S.-based cable company DirecTV ceased operations in Venezuela, unplugging ten million viewers — yours truly included.

NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T is launching a new internet-delivered TV service Monday as it struggles with a shrinking DirecTV satellite business.

NEW YORK (AP) — A business dispute took CBS off the air for millions of satellite television customers of DirecTV and AT&T U-verse on Saturday.

The NFL Network has decided to slash five television shows amidst a massive $20 million budget cut, according to the New York Post. Those cuts have also reportedly led to tension with some of the network’s key personalities.

Getting people to provide the service they said they were going to provide, seems to be an ongoing battle with the president. As the government enters its second week of shutdowns — and the president trying to get the legislative branch to serve the American people by providing them with the security they said they would provide — TMZ is reporting that President Trump is also at odds with another type of service provider.

Never let a little thing like declining ratings, a product in decline, and national public backlash, get in the way of making a buck. At least, that seems to be the message DirecTV is sending after the company raised prices for the NFL Sunday Ticket.

DirecTV is reportedly offering refunds of their Sunday Ticket packages to NFL fans offended by the recent #TakeAKnee protests.

The Department of Justice Wednesday sued DirecTV and its owner, AT&T, alleging antitrust collusion with competitors during contract negotiations to broadcast the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Television producer Byron Allen attended a pricey fundraiser for President Obama at the Beverly Hills home of actor/filmmaker Tyler Perry Thursday night—and used some questionable language while discussing corporate mergers with the president.

DirecTV has pulled a popular advertising campaign featuring actor Rob Lowe after cable company Comcast complained that many of the ads’ claims could not be supported by evidence.