{"id":913,"date":"2011-02-25T16:56:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T16:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/?p=913"},"modified":"2011-02-25T16:56:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T16:56:04","slug":"directv-app-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/?p=913","title":{"rendered":"DirecTV App On The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DirecTV announced on Wednesday that they have an iPad application in development\u00c2\u00a0that will let users have full control over their satellite TV service. The handy app will let DirecTV subscribers browse shows, set up recordings, and control their DVRs using Apple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s famed tablet.<\/p>\n<p>While the \u00c2\u00a0company already offers an iPhone app\u00c2\u00a0that lets you view listings and schedule recordings, they are looking to expand their user base with an updated iteration.<\/p>\n<p>Although DirecTV hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t given an official release date for the app, it is listed as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153coming soon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on a special section of its Website.<\/p>\n<p>According to that same page on DirecTV&#8217;s official website, the app will launch at a home screen that gives you the latest info on shows and movies you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re watching. \u00c2\u00a0Also featured will be upcoming listings for your favorite shows and even a sports roster complete with scores and upcoming schedules.<\/p>\n<p>You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll also be able to program your DVR from your iPad by scheduling or canceling recordings. \u00c2\u00a0You can also control DVR playback of recorded shows.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Dish Network application, DirecTV will not allow you to stream recorded content from your DVR to your iPad. \u00c2\u00a0The application will also not allow you to watch &#8216;On Demand&#8217; titles, a la Xfinity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DirecTV announced on Wednesday that they have an iPad application in development\u00c2\u00a0that will let users have full control over their satellite TV service. The handy app will let DirecTV subscribers browse shows, set up recordings, and control their DVRs using Apple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s famed tablet. While the \u00c2\u00a0company already offers an iPhone app\u00c2\u00a0that lets you view listings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}