AT&T revives free Apple TV offer for new DirecTV Now subscribers
AT&T on Wednesday renewed a promotional plan that offers new DirecTV Now customers a free 32GB Apple TV when they sign up for a three-month paid subscription.
Originally a limited time offer available to customers when DirecTV Now launched last year, the Apple TV giveaway has been revived. AT&T quietly announced the promotion's continuation in a post to its community support forums.
There is a catch to AT&T's offer, however. Unlike the initial promotion, the current offer is not available online or through the DirecTV Now app, meaning customers need to subscribe at an AT&T store or authorized retailer, or call AT&T directly.
For AT&T wireless subscribers on unlimited plus or choice plans, the Apple TV offer can be stacked with the firm's $25 video loyalty credit. That amount can be put toward the requisite upfront subscription price, which comes out to $105 for the lowest DirecTV tier.
After a bumpy launch, DirecTV Now garnered 200,000 subscribers in its first month of service.
The streaming platform provides users with a slate of popular cable channels including properties owned by AMC, Discovery, Disney, NBCUniversal and Viacom, among others. Most recently, AT&T this month struck a deal with CBS to carry streaming and on-demand content from CBS News, CBS Sports Network, The CW, Pop and Showtime.
Along with Apple TV, DirecTV Now supports a wide variety of internet-connected devices including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, iPhone, iPad, Android hardware, Chromecast (Android at launch; iOS in 2017) and Google Cast-enabled LeEco ecotvs and VIZIO SmartCast Displays. Subscribers can also access programming through web browsers like Safari, Chrome and Internet Explorer.
AT&T's offer is available while supplies last, and devices ship out within two to three weeks of placing an order.
Originally a limited time offer available to customers when DirecTV Now launched last year, the Apple TV giveaway has been revived. AT&T quietly announced the promotion's continuation in a post to its community support forums.
There is a catch to AT&T's offer, however. Unlike the initial promotion, the current offer is not available online or through the DirecTV Now app, meaning customers need to subscribe at an AT&T store or authorized retailer, or call AT&T directly.
For AT&T wireless subscribers on unlimited plus or choice plans, the Apple TV offer can be stacked with the firm's $25 video loyalty credit. That amount can be put toward the requisite upfront subscription price, which comes out to $105 for the lowest DirecTV tier.
After a bumpy launch, DirecTV Now garnered 200,000 subscribers in its first month of service.
The streaming platform provides users with a slate of popular cable channels including properties owned by AMC, Discovery, Disney, NBCUniversal and Viacom, among others. Most recently, AT&T this month struck a deal with CBS to carry streaming and on-demand content from CBS News, CBS Sports Network, The CW, Pop and Showtime.
Along with Apple TV, DirecTV Now supports a wide variety of internet-connected devices including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, iPhone, iPad, Android hardware, Chromecast (Android at launch; iOS in 2017) and Google Cast-enabled LeEco ecotvs and VIZIO SmartCast Displays. Subscribers can also access programming through web browsers like Safari, Chrome and Internet Explorer.
AT&T's offer is available while supplies last, and devices ship out within two to three weeks of placing an order.
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I thought Apple TV was strictly based on internet streaming of content driven by apps -- while Direct TV was strictly cable like TV programming.
Does Direct TV provide internet streaming?
When I lose the go big $35 plan I'll likely quit though and look for another option.
What I would like to see is a DIRECTV App for the Macintosh via the Mac App store so we can have a picture in picture window while doing stuff on the Mac. If their developers can write an iOS app they should be able to write a Mac app.
My preference is still for a la carte TV as I really only watch about 3-4 channels and not that much content. I think a la carte is coming, but right now the content owners are desperately trying to hold on to their bundles which make us subsidize channels that cannot stand on their own.
I was wondering if it is feasible to use Direct TV to replace a Comcast or FiOS cable in order to drive internet to PCs -- such as to read appleinsider rather than simply pushing internet based media?
From some articles I have seen it appears that it is possible to connect to an ISP through the DirectTV -- but I understand it is expensive and very, very slow...
I have very little interest in watching TV -- I tend to do it once a year or so just to keep in practice. But I use my laptop, iPad and iPhone quite a bit to access internet based services -- like appleinsider. So, could I feasibly replace my FiOS 50Mbps internet only cable with Direct TV?
EDIT: On second read you're looking for a FIOS replacement? DirectTV Now has to use your ISP to push the service to your home. It doesn't replace your internet service provider but instead piggybacks to deliver media content like TV and movie.
Me thinks the internet/media world is too filled with greyish industry jargon that has no intrinsic meaning. It's like reading a sales brochure...