DIRECTV’s ‘Residential Experience’ Brings Focus Back to the TV with the Largest Selection of On Demand Programming for ...
March 16 2015 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
Thousands of On Demand Titles, Including
Movies and the Entire At-Home On Demand Offering from HBO and
SHOWTIME®, and Fully Customizable Guest Welcome
Screen Now Available to All DIRECTV Residential Experience
Properties
DIRECTV is returning the TV to its rightful place as the focal
point for in-room entertainment by dramatically expanding the
on-demand programming available through its Residential Experience
(DRE) for hotels, taking the pressure off hotels’ Wi-Fi networks as
guests spend less time watching video on their portable devices.
The newly enhanced DRE also features a fully customizable “Welcome
Screen” with cascading control at the brand and property levels to
create a consistent digital presence across locations and promote
hotel amenities and events.
Guests can have access to thousands of on-demand shows and
movies available on DIRECTV’s at-home video-on-demand service,
including newly released movies like they have at home (select
titles available 28 days before Netflix and Redbox), at a low
price. Additionally, guests can enjoy the same HBO and SHOWTIME
offerings of on-demand movies and original series available on
DIRECTV’s residential platform at no additional cost and without
the need for the guest to subscribe or log-in.
DIRECTV’s new Guest Welcome Screen PRO is completely
customizable by brand or property and can be personalized for
guests to make them feel more welcome and appreciated. Hotels can
also use the Welcome Screen to generate revenue through ad banners,
and promote loyalty programs, hotel amenities and special events.
The Welcome Screen is controlled in the cloud so it can be updated
anytime, anywhere.
“With DRE’s expanded on-demand offering, hotel guests will have
the same great viewing experience they have at home, including
access to the same on-demand content offering from HBO and
SHOWTIME, and popular series from DIRECTV,” said Mike Wittrock,
senior vice president of Sales for DIRECTV. “DIRECTV’s Residential
Experience enables us to deliver the industry’s best and most
engaging programming content to the largest screen in the guest’s
room – the TV.”
DRE, which is currently in over 2,000 locations across the
country, will also offer hotel guests additional on-demand shows
from popular television networks and DIRECTV exclusive original
programming such as Kingdom and Rogue, again at no additional
cost.
DRE’s groundbreaking, advanced hospitality entertainment
features are now available to hotels over all wiring schemes
(home-run or loop-thru/daisy chain) and are compatible with all HD
televisions, no Pro:Idiom™ TVs required. Properties utilizing DRE
will benefit from access to hundreds of HD channels and exclusive
sports programming, like NFL SUNDAY TICKET, a user-friendly
interactive program guide, guest messaging, folio review/express
checkout and hotel Property Management System integration. DRE
provides the best interactive guest experience, and now the largest
selection of on-demand programming, offered in hotels nationwide
without taxing a property’s Wi-Fi network.
About DIRECTVDIRECTV
(NASDAQ: DTV) is one of the world's leading providers of digital
television entertainment services delivering a premium video
experience through state-of-the-art technology, unmatched
programming and industry leading customer service to more than 39
million customers in the U.S. and Latin America. In the U.S.,
DIRECTV offers its over 20 million customers access to more than
195 HD channels and Dolby-Digital® 5.1 theater-quality sound,
access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET™,
Emmy-award winning technology and higher customer satisfaction than
the leading cable companies for 14 years running. DIRECTV Latin
America, through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in
Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin
American countries, leads the pay TV category in technology,
programming and service, delivering an unrivaled digital television
experience to more than 19 million customers. DIRECTV sports
and entertainment properties include ownership interests and
management of four Regional Sports Networks: ROOT SPORTS Rocky
Mountain, Pittsburgh, Southwest and Northwest; and has minority
ownership interests in Game Show Network. For the most up-to-date
information on DIRECTV, please visit www.directv.com.
About HBOHome Box Office,
Inc. is the premium television programming subsidiary of Time
Warner Inc. and the world’s most successful pay TV service,
providing the two television services – HBO® and
Cinemax® – to approximately 122 million subscribers worldwide.
The services offer the popular subscription video-on-demand
products HBO On Demand® and Cinemax On Demand®, as well as HBO
GO® and MAX GO®, HD feeds and multiplex channels.
Beginning in April 2015, HBO will also offer a standalone
video streaming service, HBO NOW, in the U.S. Internationally,
HBO branded television networks, along with the subscription
video-on-demand products HBO On Demand and HBO GO, bring HBO
services to over 60 countries. HBO and Cinemax programming is sold
into over 150 countries worldwide.
About Showtime Networks
Inc.Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium
television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, as
well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE,
SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME
WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA. SNI also
offers SHOWTIME HD™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®,
FLIX ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND, and the network's
authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. SNI also manages
Smithsonian Networks™, a joint venture between SNI and the
Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel™. All SNI
feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets
and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to
subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®.
DIRECTVJade Ekstedt, 310-964-3429jlekstedt@directv.com
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