OT: Directv Now

[fedxdog]

Anyone sign up for Directv Now and get local channels from a great distance away?
In Collierville I get Memphis channels but when I use it at the lake in Arkansas, I get Seattle channels...Is a puzzlement.

 

[DawgInThe256]

When I did a trial run with DTV Now, I would get Huntsville locals on my Apple TV and Birmingham locals on my Roku (same network of course). DVR would record content that wouldn't be available on all the devices. It's one of the main reasons I picked YouTube TV.

 

[Thirty-Two Dive]

With DirecTV Now, your available local channels/Regional Sports Networks (RSN) are tied to your billing address, except when travelling. There is probably a database error, which causes you to receive the Seattle channels from one locale in Arkansas.

With YouTubeTV, your available local channels are tied into the location where you originally signed up. WHen I first signed up for YouTube TV, It was not available in the Gulfport/Biloxi area (due to lack of local channel agreements). I used a Chrome browser extension to spoof my location in New Orleans, so I could sign up.

If I ever wanted to view the local channels in a certain area, I would spoof my location to wherever. However, I could not view the RSN's from the area in which I travelled. My "home" locals/RSN would always be shown on the travelling device.

The YouTubeTV app on AppleTV shows the local channels/RSN which you have designated for your home area (You can move twice a year.) I just moved to Chicago, for baseball season. For this reason, and a few others, YouTubeTV is my choice over DirecTV Now (I have had both).

 

[Cow College]

I have Dtv Now on the coast and have no locals

 

[Thirty-Two Dive]

I have Dtv Now on the coast and have no locals

When I had DTV Now (until Jan. 1), the only local I had was WXXV Fox 25. YouTube TV wasnt even available until very recently. But, it has all 4 major networks.