http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/13/directv.nfl.app/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/nfl.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DirecTV has disclosed plans to launch an iPhone app, Supercast Mobile, with a focus on NFL content. Users will be able to view any NFL Sunday Ticket game, except for those excluded by local blackout rules. Along with streaming video, the app is said to provide game highlights, scores, game stats, or player stats that can be used for fantasy football.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/13/directv.nfl.app/ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/22/tivo.rental.and.tw.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/tivohdxl.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Fresh from a win against EchoStar, TiVo is set to tie directly into pay-per-view systems as well as Time Warner's cable network, according to two sources. The DVR producer is said by Bloomberg to be talking with more than one pay-per-view provider to either allow its recording directly or else to license out the technology for third-party hardware or software. Details are vague, but it would be ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/22/tivo.rental.and.tw.rumor/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/tivo.directv.upgrade.delay/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/tivohd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An expected replacement for DirecTV TiVo DVRs that would allow them to record HD programming has been delayed yet again, as revealed by TiVo's CEO Tom Rogers in the company's recent quarterly earnings call. Instead of sometime in 2009, the new expected date for the upgraded products is early in 2010. No specific reason was given for the delay, though it is likely tied to TiVo's loss of $4.1 millio... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/tivo.directv.upgrade.delay/ Fri, 29 May 2009 20:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/04/directv.and.liberty.merge/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/directvdvr.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DirecTV this morning said it would merge with the eventual spinoff of Liberty Entertainment from Liberty Media. The deal is meant to simplify Liberty Media's own structure but puts the satellite TV provider together with TV channels themselves, including the Game Show Network and 3 local sports stations. Executives at DirecTV will keep their positions, though the move will still have Liberty Med... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/04/directv.and.liberty.merge/ Mon, 04 May 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/30/directv.iphone.app/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/directvsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DirecTV has launched an app that allows customers to control their home DVR systems from an iPhone or iPod touch. A search function can be used to find shows up to 14 days in advance, or the content can be browsed by channel or date and time. The listings include additional information such as show descriptions, length and rating. Users can record single shows, an entire series or Pay Per View con... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/30/directv.iphone.app/ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/13/sirius.xm.iphone.app/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/siriusstiletto2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />After avoiding declaring bankruptcy last month, Sirius XM has announced plan to stream its subscription radio service to the iPhone and iPod touch this spring as part of the company's latest fiscal results conference call. The new app will let either Apple device receive Sirius or XM stations over their Internet connections without requiring a separate radio. Currently, Sirius has roughly 19 mill... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/13/sirius.xm.iphone.app/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/13/sirius.xm.debt.exchange/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/siriusstarmate5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sirius XM on Friday took emergency steps to save itself by starting a debt exchange. The company says it has started a deal that will swap about $172.5 million of the convertible senior notes keeping the company afloat for equivalents that will expire at the start of June 2011. The exchange would give the company about 1.5 years of extra time to pay the portion of the debt, which would otherwise... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/13/sirius.xm.debt.exchange/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/10/directv.cancels.hdpc.20/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/directvhdpc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A DirecTV spokesperson recently announced the company has discontinued any and all development work on the HDPC-20 tuner that promised to link DirecTV's high-definition content with Windows Media Center. The HDPC-20 was first introduced at CES in 2006, or nearly three years ago. The decision to end the project was reportedly made after DirecTV missed the August 2008 update for Windows Media Center... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/10/directv.cancels.hdpc.20/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/03/hd.directv.tivo.in.works/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/tivohd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Satellite TV provider DirecTV and TiVo today extended their cooperation with each other and said they would work together to build a version of TiVo's digital video recorder that can properly capture HDTV from DirecTV's current network. The two provide few details but explain that the set-top box should support features specific to either company, such as TiVo's Swivel Search that can suggest sho... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/03/hd.directv.tivo.in.works/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/26/comcast.tv.all.digital/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/comcast.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Comcast's cable TV network will be all digital in the space of three years, according to claims by an unnamed senior executive at a communications company. The service provider is allegedly buying up as many six million digital-to-analog devices from Motorola and others this year as well as 12 million in 2009, all of which will be handed out to subscribers whose TVs don't support digital tuning. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/26/comcast.tv.all.digital/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:35:00 GMT