August 11th, 2010

DirecTV Signs Up For Google TV Ads

Google is finally expanding its Google TV ad service beyond the Dish satellite network, its initial partner for the past two years. Today, it announced a new partnership with DirecTV, the rival satellite TV network controlled by News Corp.

The two satellite networks together give Google ads a combined reach of 30 million homes, which is starting to become meaningful. Google puts software on the… → Read More

November 1st, 2008

DirectTV May Enter Online TV War With "Web On Demand" Service

We’ve received a couple of anonymous tips that DirectTV, a $24 billion satellite TV provider, may be entering the online TV wars with a new site called DirectTV Web On Demand. The site would compete with startups like Hulu, Joost, Fancast, Sling.com, etc.

We don’t know much about the service, or even if it’s real. One of the tipsters says they’ve worked on the project and supplied us with the… → Read More