Archive for December, 2007

Verizon Online and DIRECTV Broadband Enter Into Agreement for Transition of DIRECTV DSL customers

December 30th, 2007

At Martinsville Speedway
28. (36) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, 451, $69,460.
17. (14) Dave Blaney, Dodge, 499, $89,233.
31. (10) Greg Biffle, Ford, 436, $86,100.
Verizon and DIRECTV Broadband today announced an agreement to facilitate the transition of more than 27,000 DIRECTV DSL(TM) […]


?Whatif! The Innovation Company - Social Innovation

December 30th, 2007

Wishful thinkingWhat if that became the basis of the local TV news? … What if instead of four crews on the ground in with expensive satellite trucks you had the hundred reporters of a formerly print newsroom all gathering news across m edia with small and inexpensive cameras?…
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:14:11 EDTLOT OF 3 […]


Week 2

December 30th, 2007

Cool-as-Fuck Fantasy I spent 360-some words hailing the brilliance of the Heliocentrics in this week’s paper and it’s not enough–the band’s woozy, spliffed-out space jazz and instrumental hiphop soul is addictive. Between the splattering of baritone sax, flute, and clarinet; electronic frippery and turntable daliance; rotund, high-stepping upright bass lines; and bandleader Malcolm Catto’s whip-crack […]


NASCAR DIRECTV 500

December 30th, 2007

NEW YORK & CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 30, 2002


DIRECTV HD™ Revolution Begins

December 30th, 2007

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV), the nation’s leading satellite television service provider, is now offering 72 national HD channels - significantly more than any other television provider in the nation. This is the first wave in DIRECTV’s unprecedented expansion of HD services that is building towards up to 100 HD […]


The Iron Sheik Interview from July 10th, 2007 Posted

December 29th, 2007

Harry potter

Harry er blevet 13 år og tilbringer en lang og kedelig sommerferie hos sin skrækkelige familie Dursley. En af dagene kommer onkel Vernons søster Marge forbi. Hun har altid været ondskabsfuld over for Harry, men denne gang får han til sidst nok og ved hjælp af magi får han hende pustet op til en […]


DIRECTV Announces Planned Refinancing

December 29th, 2007

The Issuers plan to use the proceeds of these financings to repay and terminate the existing $1.26 billion senior secured credit facility of DIRECTV Holdings and to repay an unsecured promissory note in an aggregate principal amount of $875 million owing to DIRECTV Group, with remaining proceeds to be available for […]


DirecTV to the Rescue

December 29th, 2007

They also extended their agreement for DirecTv to carry MTV, MTV2, MTVS VH-1, Nickelodeon and TV Land. The companies did not disclose any financial terms of the agreements. Viacom completed its purchase of CBS May 4. DirecTv has begun to carry local channels in 23 major markets and […]


Statement of NDS Regarding DIRECTV

December 29th, 2007

NDS Group plc, a News Corporation company, and the leading provider of conditional access systems and interactive applications for digital pay TV, announced that under the terms of the existing agreement between them, DIRECTV has notified NDS that they will transition towards the “in house” provision of conditional access services for its […]


Directv, Viacom Agree On Retrans

December 29th, 2007