DirecTV Now to Finally Get Cloud DVR This Fall AT&T's streaming video service DirecTV Now will finally see a cloud DVR function later this year. The functionality will come as part of an AT&T plan to revamp and unify the company's existing DirecTV, IPTV (U-Verse TV) and DirecTV Now services into a more consistent whole. Beta tests for the new DirecTV Now cloud TV functionality will begin this summer ahead of a broader launch later this year, AT&T says. Without cloud DVR functionality, DirecTV Now has found itself at a competitive disadvantage to the growing number of streaming video competitors on the market.

These DirecTV Now cloud DVR beta testers will "also be among the first to have the opportunity to tell us what they think about the new interface and even provide a few suggestions along the way," says AT&T. These additional features will include live TV pausing and parental controls, with individual user profiles, download and go, and 4K HDR support planned for 2018. While DirecTV and DirecTV Now customers will get to preview these new features first, the company says the company's existing IPTV customers will see the upgrades "in the coming years." That's not really instilling confidence in IPTV customers in our forums who were already wondering if AT&T planned to kill its former U-Verse TV service off entirely. The company is already directing all new TV customers to either DirecTV Now or DirecTV, opening the door to AT&T dismantling the company's IPTV platform and repurposing the bandwidth for broadband. This is all a very delicate balancing act for AT&T, who doesn't want IPTV customers to feel neglected and leave for competing cable companies, and similarly doesn't want existing DirecTV or IPTV customers downgrading to DirecTV Now and delivering lower monthly revenue to AT&T. It's not entirely certain that even AT&T knows quite yet how this will all shake out. This is all a very delicate balancing act for AT&T, who doesn't want IPTV customers to feel neglected and leave for competing cable companies, and similarly doesn't want existing DirecTV or IPTV customers downgrading to DirecTV Now and delivering lower monthly revenue to AT&T. It's not entirely certain that even AT&T knows quite yet how this will all shake out.







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Durham, NC 7 recommendations ncted Member Uverse TV still available Not sure why everyone keeps saying AT&T isn't selling Uverse. They are doing a ton of installs in the Triangle, NC, especially with the rate hikes Spectrum is hammering people with. As I cannot get LOS for DirecTV at my new house, Uverse is what I will be getting installed. Tchaika

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New Orleans, LA 4 recommendations Tchaika Member FWIW I can still sign up for the IPTV product as a new customer. They have a toggle, which defaults to DirectTV, but says, "U-verse TV may be a better choice for people in apartment buildings."



My GF can still add it to her existing internet-only service as well; she's in a single family dwelling.



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Mission, TX 3 recommendations Harddrive Premium Member 4k over Fiber. Please, please, please.

I'll gladly try 4k over my 1 Gig symmetrical Gigapower fiber. derek4484

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Lexington, SC 2 recommendations derek4484 Member Directv Now I tried watching Directv Now all day yesterday and it wouldnt play more than a couple minutes before having to buffer again. I shut it off and then loaded HBO Go and it worked flawlessly. Same with Netflix...so again the issues are with Directv Now, not my internet service, which is what they always tell me anytime I request assistance from Directv Now, "check your internet connection, it must be a bad connection". Well, every other streaming service I have seems to always work, except DTVN....Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, HBO Go, TWiT TV, etc.