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Topic: Directv

Kate Upton Does Her Most Insipid Ad Yet, for DirecTV Like her bikini, there's very little to it

Sports Illustrated cover girl and suddenly ubiquitous ad star Kate Upton has a new commercial, this time for DirecTV. And like the spots that have come before it, this one…

April 05 2012

Play Ball: Tribune, DirecTV Sign New Carriage Deal Pact restores games access to more than 5 million viewers

Just in time for baseball season, Tribune Broadcasting and DirecTV signed a new carriage agreement covering Tribune's 23 TV stations in 19 markets and the national cable network WGN America. The…

April 05 2012

Ad of the Day: DirecTV A fate worse than cable awaits TV viewers in Grey and director Tom Kuntz's deftly amusing ad campaign

No, DirecTV isn't threatening to leave you in a ditch, blow up your house, fill your living room with cats, or sell your hair to a wig shop. It's just…

April 04 2012

DirecTV Files Complaint With FCC Against Tribune In Retrans Fight Tribune says they never had a 'handshake deal' with DirecTV

The retransmission consent battle between DirecTV and Tribune escalated Monday with accusations, counter-accusations and the inevitable filing with the Federal Communications Commission by DirecTV. As of midnight March 31, 23 Tribune…

April 02 2012

Tribune to DirecTV: No Retrans Deal Handshake deal between companies fails in final hours

Tribune TV stations in 19 markets such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles went dark on DirecTV at midnight March 31 when the two companies were unable to reach…

April 01 2012

Retrans Fight Brewing Between Tribune and DirecTV Current contract between companies expires March 31

Tribune, owner of 23 TV stations in 16 markets, including some of the nation's largest, is threatening to pull its signals and the WGN America cable network from DirecTV if…

March 26 2012

Charlie Sheen Storms Back With Great Ads for DirecTV, Fiat Whatever doesn't kill you makes you funnier

There was always a pretty good chance that Charlie Sheen, if he made it through last year's haze alive, would eventually make a return to reputable advertising—meaning not just borderline-incoherent…

March 02 2012

Super Bowl Will Air in Boston Sunbeam and DirecTV reach retrans deal

Patriots fans can relax. There will be no blackout in Boston of the Super Bowl on DirecTV. The satellite TV company said Thursday it reached a retransmission deal with Sunbeam Television,…

January 26 2012

Lawmakers Fret Over Potential Super Bowl Blackout in Boston DirecTV, Sunbeam urged to put aside differences for big game

The potential blackout of the Super Bowl on DirecTV in Boston has got lawmakers fretting and dashing off letters. Both U.S. senators from Massachusetts, Scott Brown (R) and John Kerry…

January 24 2012

Knicks Fans: Hoopless, Hopeless in New Year Time Warner-MSG scrap puts damper on New York sports

Time Warner Cable subscribers in New York are on the verge of losing MSG, the regional sports network that serves up a steady diet of Knicks, Rangers, Islanders and New…

December 30 2011

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