DirecTV Gets Android Remote Apps for Watches, Phones
DirecTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has launched a satellite, DirecTV 14, intended to deliver 4K/UltraHD video directly to viewers’ homes in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii and Puerto Rico, along with more HD for local markets and backup for DirecTV’s existing fleet of six HD satellites.
The satellite is expected to begin operations in the second quarter of 2015, using Reverse Band Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) spectrum, providing additional capacity for the delivery of more 4K programming and other services.
Another satellite, DirecTV 15, is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2015.
