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more about #directv Gossy... Fortune and Glory: Like most people I've excavated my fair share of corpses and, hell, I'd be lying if I told you I hadn't sometimes tied strings to their ankles and wri... more » Die Fledermaus: This is the next thing in advertising. They could take this to the next level and find really recent dead celebs and pop them out of the ground impla... more » gemcosta: I will have major respect for DirecTV if they air that Jesus Christ ad. #directv more » Kaiser-Machead: Chris Farley demands that his soul be resurrected and made to sing and dance on TV. He wouldn't have it any other way. more » Gary_7vn: Cadavertising? more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Badvertising.. you know, unfortunately those are not very far from some real cases. Sometimes it seems some companies are trying to make the worst ad ... more » Adam Spano: Wait, Jesus Christ... really? Is that a real TV commercial? #directv more » MosesMonster: People found the Chris Farley commercial "tacky and gross"? #directv more » andrelix: Hmmm, don't think I like these and I usually am one to not care. The problem I had with the Heath Ledger spot was the fact that they seemed to bring ... more » Darascon: Um, yeah. These are spoofs. Not real spots.At least that's what your former sister site reported this morning. [consumerist.com] more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: I didn't think using a scene from a Chris Farley movie he was in was tacky. Now if they had used CGI to make him say stuff different from the sce... more » wanago: How else will we know what is happening on "SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!" more » TerryinSt.Paul: But how will I ever get my fill of local furniture store ads? Is it me or are the best/strangest local ads always furniture ads.5 seconds on youtube p... more » ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: Why is that bad? Low budget commercials are always the best. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Hrmmm, what if DirecTV did a spoof of "The Cable Guy"? more » Set to evil: "Requium for a dream" Watch it with your girl friend. more » Jon Cousins: What's the third movie? more » Kaiser-Machead: Internet - 13,340,320 regular TV - 0 more » -
#humor
DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
Man, if you thought it was tacky and gross when DirecTV used Chris Farley in their ads, you probably won't like the Heath Ledger, JFK or Jesus Christ spots. [LandlineTV] -
#advertising
Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011
The WSJ is reporting that DirecTV has conscripted the talents of software startup Invidi to show targeted—meaning local—ads to its customers, starting in 2011. More » -
#iphoneapps
DirecTV's iPhone App Browses, Searches and Sets Recordings
The DirecTV iPhone App is available now, and can let you browse 2 weeks of shows, set recordings and control more than one DVR in the house. And, it's free. More » -
#directv
Inappropriate DirecTV Commericals Won't Help Win Any Customers
CollegeHumor looked at those DirecTV ads where they reenact a famous scene from a movie and asked "what if we used horribly inappropriate movies?" Hilarity ensues. More » -
#directv
DirecTV PC Tuner Officially Canceled
DirecTV has officially canned their efforts to bring the HDPC-20 tuner to market. The device would have allowed subscribers to integrate their service with Windows Media Center. More » -
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#espionage
News Corp. Hires Hacker to Break Into Dish Satellite Network, Steal Security Codes for Pirate Cards
This is classic corporate espionage/sabotage at its finest. Dish Network is accusing News Corp.—which used to have a 39 percent stake in DirecTV and still provides its security tech—of hiring hacker Christopher Tarnovsky to break into Dish's network, steal the security codes, and use them to make pirated cards to flood the black market. It sounds insane, but Tarnovsky admitted in court he was paid James Bond villain style, with $20,000 cash payments mailed from Canada hidden inside "electronic devices." More »
