14 DAY TRIAL // Thanks to a partnership with Fox Networks, DirecTV customers wielding Apple devices now have access to FOX NOW, FXNOW, and Nat Geo TV apps, as part of Fox’s TV Everywhere services.
DirecTV Everywhere allows customers to watch content from anywhere, including outside of their home on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. DirecTV Everywhere offers streaming as well as live TV, on-demand shows, and movies.
All you can watch
Feeds for FX, FXX, FS1, FS2, National Geographic Channel, and Nat Geo WILD will become available for out-of-home streaming on DirecTV Everywhere. iOS and Apple TV users stand to gain immensely from this deal.
As part of the agreement with Fox Networks, DirecTV will offer 50 live streaming channels on its DirecTV Everywhere platform, with on-demand content from over 60 networks and live linear streams from more than 100 networks. DirecTV will also launch VOD content from all Fox networks on DirecTV Everywhere starting in Q1 2015.
Customers are being promised a true TV Everywhere experience with the addition of DirecTV, FOX NOW, FXNOW, and Nat Geo TV. The lineup doesn’t affect the traditional on-demand offerings, including full episodes of FOX, FX, FXX, National Geographic Channel, and Nat Geo WILD series which are now available via the web, iOS apps, and Apple TV.
Dan York, chief content officer, DirecTV, said, “Adding Fox's national networks to our out-of-home streaming lineup gives our customers even more of their favorite programming in a seamless and consistent way, across as many platforms as possible. Aligning with programming partners like Fox to continue delivering high-quality content in ways that fit our customers' lifestyles is what makes DirecTV's television viewing experience the best in the industry.”
FOX NOW and FXNOW
For the past two years, FOX NOW has been offering full episodes of FOX shows like Gotham, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Family Guy, Sleepy Hollow, MasterChef Junior, and Bones, with nearly 20 million downloads generated so far. The service runs on iPhone, iPad, Android devices, Kindle Fire, Windows platforms, Roku, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Samsung Smart TVs and, of course, the Apple TV.
FXNOW packs full episodes and feature films aired by FX, FXX, and FXM, including titles like Sons of Anarchy, American Horror Story: Freak Show, The League, The Simpsons, and others, and is available on all of the aforementioned platforms.
“We’re pleased to provide additional value to DirecTV and its subscribers,” said Michael Biard, president, distribution, Fox Networks. “As more and more viewers seek to access our networks on an array of devices and platforms, it’s crucial we meet their expectations with innovative ways to engage with our programming where they want and when they want.”
