Taking video off the TV was big news Thursday as companies ranging from MTV and NBC Universal to TiVo and satcasters DirecTV and Dish made news on the opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show.

DirecTV always hinted it was going in this direction after News Corp. bought the satellite distributor a few years back. News Corp. already had an interest in a European software DVR company, NDS.

DirecTV satellite subscribers will be able to tune in several XM Satellite Radio channels free beginning in November, XM announced yesterday, escalating the Washington company's war with New York ...

DirecTV customers in parts of New Jersey, San Jose and Long Island experienced similar accidental blackouts. "We apologize to those customers who missed the game," Marsocci said in an e-mail.