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Thursday, August 27th, 2020 2:51 PM

Could not stream Fox News during the Republican Convention on Wednesday (August 27)

I stream Fox News on my computer every morning and sometimes at night. Last night when I tried to watch the convention on Fox News, I got a message that streaming to my iPhone and computer were not supported. This morning the stream is working now. What happened Wednesday night.

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5 years ago

Hello @schnayer

 

We did find that some of our customers reported an issue with a few streams last night and Fox News did fall into that report. As you're aware, we're back up an running now through the DIRECTV app. We apologize for any inconvenience this experience may have created. 

 

In the future, should you run into any stream problems with the app, feel free to stream directly from the network app or web site. Unless there is an overall stream issue or channel issue on the network end, keep in mind that as a work-around. 

 

For example, on a computer, you can go here. For a mobile device, search the Play Store for the network app. To login, you would choose DIRECTV and then you're prompted for login credentials. 

 

Chad, AT&T Community Specialist. 

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5 years ago

Not everything is available for streaming it depends on the streaming rights for each program per provider 

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5 years ago

I understand, but I watched the first two convention nights with no problem. Doesn't seem logical that Fox was allow streaming for the 1st 2 nights and not the 3rd. I'll see what happens tonight. I ended up watching CSPAN.

 

Thanks for the input.


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