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If you have DirecTV and you're fed up of having to use an old-fashioned remote to get to the content you want to watch, starting today, you can just holler at Amazon's Alexa voice assistant to do the ...

For many of us, the way we watch TV isn't keeping up with how we live. Between cutting the cord and juggling multiple streaming services, it can feel like there's always a new option that still ...

Following in TiVo's (NASDAQ:TIVO) footsteps, DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) released an Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad app that subscribers can use to control their satellite TV boxes wirelessly and with a touch ...

DirecTV released their (long overdue) Android tablet app just over a month ago, and it looks like that low-key entrance was paving the way something bigger: a voice ...

With the update, you should be able to use your voice to ask an Alexa-enabled Echo device to record TV shows, change channels, and perform other playback functions for your DirecTV set-top box.

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When DirecTV customers download the satellite-TV company’s new remote-control application to their smartphones, they’ll hear a familiar voice. The app, which lets users control the television by ...