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DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider based in El Segundo, California and is a subsidiary of AT&T . Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, Americas and the Caribbean.
Its primary competitors are Dish Network , Xfinity and Spectrum . On July 24, 2015, after receiving approval from the United States Federal Communications Commission and United States Department of Justice, AT&T acquired DirecTV in a transaction valued at $67.1 billion.
Hughes Electronics
1985–1990
DirecTV was originally founded in 1985 as Hughes Electronics .
DirecTV
1990–1993
In 1990, Hughes Electronics was renamed as DirecTV . This would be the only DirecTV logo not to use the 1993 "D " design until 2015.
The logo was made by Pittard Sullivan , being the agency's first logo.
1993-2015
1993–2004
In 1993, DirecTV introduced its now-iconic "D " logo for the first time. This design would continue to be used in several modified forms until 2015. The logo was used at the company's headquarters in El Segundo, California until July 3, 2013. It's also still in use on some satellite dishes.
2004–2011
On March 16, 2004, the edges of the "D " symbol became rounded, and both sides of it were colored different shades of blue; the wordmark's font was also changed. This logo is still used on some remote models, and some satellite dishes.
2008–2011
On February 27, 2008, the logo was given a three-dimensional effect. However, it did not completely replace the previous two-dimensional logo until 2010.
2011–2015
On April 1, 2011, the logo adopted a more three-dimensional look, and the wordmark's typeface was changed again to be less spaced out. Also, the width of the inside of the "D" symbol was reduced. This logo is also still seen on some satellite dishes.
2015–2016
After AT&T completed its acquisition of DirecTV on July 24, 2015, the "D " symbol was removed, leaving only the wordmark from the previous logo. This was short-lived, only for 1 year.
2016–present
On December 2, 2015, the logo was updated by placing the newly-updated and inverted AT&T globe next to the 2011 DirecTV wordmark, this time in black. It officially debuted on January 1, 2016, only a few months after AT&T first purchased DirecTV . On February 25, 2021, AT&T announced that it would spin-off DirecTV, U-Verse and AT&T TV into a separate entity, selling a 30% stake to TPG Capital while retaining a 70% stake in the new standalone company. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021.
See also
External links
Fixed-line telecommunications:
AT&T
Mobile telecommunications :
United States: AT&T Mobility | AT&T Prepaid | Cricket Wireless
Mexico: AT&T | Unefon
Television services :
United States: AT&T U-verse | AT&T TV (Now | Watch TV ) | DirecTV
Latin America (Vrio ): DirecTV Latin America | Sky México | Sky Brasil
Part of AT&T
Predecessor companies:
Warner Communications | Time Inc. | Turner Broadcasting System | America Online
WarnerMedia Studios and Networks
Warner Bros. Entertainment
WB Pictures Group:
Warner Bros. Pictures | New Line Cinema | Castle Rock Entertainment | Cartoon Network Movies | HBO Films | HBO Documentary Films | CNN Films | Wang Film Productions | Spyglass Media Group 17 | Flagship Entertainment
WB Television Group :
Warner Bros. Television Studios (Warner Horizon Television | Studio 2.0 ) | Alloy Entertainment | Telepictures | Blue Ribbon Content | The Wolper Organization | HBO Entertainment | HBO Enterprises | HBO Kids | T.M. Productions, C.A. | Max Originals
WB Interactive Entertainment : Warner Bros. Games | Warner Play | WB Games Boston | WB Games Montréal | WB Games New York | WB Games San Diego | WB Games San Francisco | Monolith Productions | Cartoon Network Games | Adult Swim Games | Traveller's Tales | Rocksteady Studios | NetherRealm Studios | Avalanche Software | Portkey Games
WB Kids, Young Adults and Classics : Cartoon Network Studios | Williams Street Productions | Williams Street West | Warner Animation Group | Warner Bros. Animation (Warner Bros. Classic Animation )
DC Entertainment :DC Comics | DC Collectibles | Mad | DC All Access | DC Universe Infinite | DC Kids | DC Black Label
U.S. domestic television networks
Broadcast: The CW 1
Turner Networks : TBS | TNT | truTV
Home Box Office, Inc. :
HBO (HD | OD ) | HBO 2 (HD) | HBO Comedy | HBO Family | HBO Latino | HBO Signature | HBO Zone
Cinemax (HD | Go | OD ) | MoreMax | 5StarMax | ActionMax | Cinemáx | MovieMax | OuterMax | ThrillerMax
WB Kids, Young Adults & Classics :
Adult Swim | Boomerang | Cartoon Network (HD | Cartoonito ) | Turner Classic Movies
Other assets:
CartoonNetwork.com | Cartoon Network Books | Fandango (30%)4 (Flixster | Rotten Tomatoes | Vudu ) | Momlogic | Movies Anywhere | TCM Classic Film Festival | Turner Entertainment | TMZ.com | WaterTower Music | Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services | Warner Bros. Digital Distribution | Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures | Warner Bros. Studios | Warner Bros. Consumer Products | Warner Bros. Technology
WarnerMedia International
Television channels:
Adult Swim :
Canada 2 | UK and Ireland 3
Boomerang :
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Australia | Brazil | Latin America | Russia | Southeast Asia | South Korea | Taiwan | Thailand | New Zealand | UK and Ireland | Asia | Greece | Japan | Portugal | Romania | France
Boing :
Africa | France | Italy | Spain
Cartoon Network :
Asia | Australia | Canada 2 | Czech Republic | France | Germany | Greece | Hungary | India | Japan | Latin America (Brazil ) | Africa | Middle East (English | Arabic | Hindi ) | Pakistan | Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | Southeast Asia | South Korea | Spain | Sweden | Taiwan | Turkey | UK and Ireland (+1 ) | New Zealand | Netherlands
Cartoonito :
Italy
Cinemax :
Asia | Central Europe (HD | 2 | 2 HD ) | Latin America
HBO :
Asia: HBO (Hits | Signature | Family | Red 16 )
Europe : HBO (HD) | HBO 2 (HD) | HBO 3 (HD)
Latin America : HBO Pack (HBO | HBO 2 | Family | Signature | Mundi | Xtreme | Pop | HBO + )
TNT : Latin America (TNT Series ) | Europe | Spain | Poland | Romania | Nordic | Africa | France | UK & Ireland | Benelux | Middle East | Germany (TNT Comedy | TNT Film | TNT Serie )
TruTV : Latin America | UK & Ireland | Asia
Toonami : France | Africa
Turner Classic Movies :
Canada | France | Greece | Latin America | Middle East | Spain | UK and Ireland
Warner : Asia | France | Latin America
Other Latin American networks:
I-Sat | HTV | MuchMusic | TBS | Glitz | Space | Chilevisión (Música )
Other Asian networks:
South Korea: JTBC and QTV | Japan: TABI Channel | Tabi Tele | Mondo TV | Mondo Mah-jong TV | Southeast Asia: Oh!K 18
Warner Bros. International Television Production
UK (Wall to Wall | Twenty Twenty | Ricochet | Renegade Pictures ) | Netherlands (Blazhoffski | Hollands Licht ) | Australia | Spain | Germany | Belgium (Eyeworks | Savage Film )
Other assets:
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi | Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe | Cartoon Network Latin America Original Productions | LazyTown Entertainment
WarnerMedia Direct
HBO Max (Others ) | HBO Go (Latin America) | HBO España | HBO Portugal | HBO Nordic
WarnerMedia Sales and Distribution
Distribution companies:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution | Warner Bros. International Television | Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution
Otter Media :
Crunchyroll (Pending sale to Sony/Funimation) | Fullscreen | VRV | Rooster Teeth Productions | Gunpowder & Sky | Hello Sunshine
Other assets:
iStreamPlanet | InJaus | Xandr
WarnerMedia News & Sports
U.S. channels:
CNN | CNN Airport | HLN | AT&T SportsNet | NBA TV | MLB Network (16.67%)5
AT&T Sports Networks :
AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh | Root Sports Northwest 6 | AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain | AT&T SportsNet Utah | AT&T SportsNet Southwest
International channels:
CNN :
CNN en Español (US and Latin America, Spanish) | CNN Chile (Spanish) | CNN Brasil 7 (Portuguese) | CNN Türk (Turkish) | CNN-News18 (India, English) | CNN Indonesia 8 (Indonesian) | CNN Philippines 9 (English) | CNN Prima News 10 (Czech) | CNNj 11 (Japanese)
TNT Sports :
Argentina | Brazil | Chile (HD , 2 , 3 ) | Estadio TNT Sports
Other assets:
Bleacher Report | Turner Sports
Former/defunct assets:
Bamzu | Brut Productions | The Burbank Studios 12 | Cartoon Cartoons | Cartoon Network Too | Cartoon Network Video | Cartoon Orbit | Cartoon Network Productions | Cartoonito (Spain) | Comedy Central | DC Vertigo | DC Ink | DC Zoom | Death Row Records | DePatie-Freleng Enterprises | Adult Swim Video | Castle Rock Entertainment Television | CN Real | Summer @ Seven | Super Deluxe | Har Har Tharsdays | New @ 7 | Charter Entertainment | CNN+ | CNNfn | CNN Sports Illustrated | Game Show Network 13 | Geffen Pictures | Geffen Television | Fine Line Features | Hanna-Barbera | Hanna-Barbera Home Video | Hanna-Barbera Poland | Hanna-Barbera Australia | HBO/Cannon Video | HBO Defined (India) | HBO Downtown Productions | HBO en Español | HBO GO (US Only) | HBO Home Entertainment (Others ) | HBO Hits (India) | HBO Now | HBO NYC Productions | HBO Independent Productions | HBO Savoy Video | HLN HD | Hulu | Infinifilm | Kideo Video | The Ladd Company | Lorimar Television | Lorimar Home Video | Machinima | Midway Games | MTV | Nelson Entertainment | New Line Home Entertainment | New Line Television | New Line Television Distribution | New Line Television Pay Per View | Nickelodeon | Orion Pictures | Rankin Bass Animated Entertainment | Picturehouse | Prime Time Entertainment Network | Raw Feed | Ruby-Spears Productions | Seven Arts Associated Corporation | Seven Arts Television | Showtime Networks | Silver Screen Partners | Snowblind Studios | TCM 2 | Ted Turner Pictures | The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company | Thorn EMI/HBO Video | Time-Telepictures Television | TNT (Asia) | Toonzai | Toonami (Asia) | Toonami (India) | TriStar Pictures (Others ) | Turner Classic Movies (Europe) | Turner Classic Movies (Hungary) | Turner Classic Movies (Asia) | Turner Classic Movies (Nordic) | Turner Home Entertainment | Upwave | VH1 | Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment 15 | Warner China Film HG | Warner Independent Pictures | Warner Music Group | Warner-Nest Animation | World Championship Wrestling | AOL | Atari | Atlanta Braves | Atlanta Hawks | Atlanta Thrashers | Cheddar U | E! | KOL (AOL Kids) | New York Cosmos | Panavision | WPCH-TV | FilmStruck | Time Warner Cable | TW Telecom | Studio T | TBS Productions | TNT Productions | Canais Esporte Interativo (1 | 2 | BR ) | WarnerFilms (Canada) | Warner Max | WB Channel (India) | The Movie Channel | HOOQ 14 | HBO (application) | HBO Netherlands (HBO 2 | HBO 3 ) | HBO South Asia (HD) | Eyeworks
Notes
1 Co-owned by ViacomCBS .
2 Licensed to Corus Entertainment .
3 Licensed to Channel Four Television Corporation .
4 Owns 30% with 70% being owned by NBCUniversal .
5 Co-owned with Major League Baseball , Comcast , Cox Communications and Charter Communications .
6 Owns 40% with 60% being owned by the Seattle Mariners .
7 Licensed to Novus Mídia S.A.
8 Co-owned by Trans Media .
9 Co-owned by Nine Media Corporation and Radio Philippines Network .
10 Joint venture with FTV Prima .
11 Co-owned by TV Asahi .
12 Was co-owned with Columbia Pictures .
13 AT&T's stake in GSN was acquired by Sony Pictures Television in 2019.
14 Joint venture with Singtel and Sony Pictures Entertainment .
15 Acquired by Viacom in 1987, now owned by ViacomCBS .
16 Joint venture with Mei Ah Entertainment
17 Minority stake co-owned by Lantern Entertainment
18 In partnership with Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Other properties :
AT&T Digital Life | AT&T Originals | AT&T Stadium | AT&T Center | MyAT&T
Precedessor companies :
Bell Labs | Western Electric Export Corporation | SBC Communications | Warner Communications | Time Inc.
Defunct :
Advanced Mobile Phone Service | Aio Wireless | Americast | Ameritech | AT&T Broadband | Bell Atlantic | AT&T Canada | BellSouth | Bell Telephone Company | Cingular Wireless | Illinois Bell | Lucent | NYNEX | Pacific Bell | Pacific Telesis | US West | AT&T Wireless Services