DirecTV
E156387
DirecTV is a major American direct broadcast satellite television service provider offering a wide range of channels and packages to residential and commercial customers.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DirecTV canonical | 16 |
| DIRECTV | 2 |
| DirecTV (The 101 Network) | 1 |
| DirecTV (former) | 1 |
| DirecTV Cinema | 1 |
| DirecTV Latin America | 1 |
| DirecTV Sports | 1 |
| MVPDs | 1 |
| Shaw Direct | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1370143 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DirecTV Context triple: [Spectrum SportsNet LA, availableOn, DirecTV]
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A.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream is a live TV streaming service from DirecTV that offers cable-style channel bundles over the internet without requiring a satellite dish.
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B.
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Cablevision Systems Corporation was a major American cable television and telecommunications company that provided cable TV, internet, and phone services, primarily in the New York metropolitan area.
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C.
AT&T U-verse
AT&T U-verse is a telecommunications service brand from AT&T that provides fiber-based television, internet, and digital phone services to residential customers in the United States.
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D.
Paramount+
Paramount+ is a subscription-based streaming service from Paramount Global that offers live sports, original series, and a wide range of on-demand TV shows and movies.
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E.
Comcast
Comcast is a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate best known as a leading cable, internet, and entertainment provider.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DirecTV Target entity description: DirecTV is a major American direct broadcast satellite television service provider offering a wide range of channels and packages to residential and commercial customers.
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A.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream is a live TV streaming service from DirecTV that offers cable-style channel bundles over the internet without requiring a satellite dish.
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B.
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Cablevision Systems Corporation was a major American cable television and telecommunications company that provided cable TV, internet, and phone services, primarily in the New York metropolitan area.
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C.
AT&T U-verse
AT&T U-verse is a telecommunications service brand from AT&T that provides fiber-based television, internet, and digital phone services to residential customers in the United States.
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D.
Paramount+
Paramount+ is a subscription-based streaming service from Paramount Global that offers live sports, original series, and a wide range of on-demand TV shows and movies.
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E.
Comcast
Comcast is a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate best known as a leading cable, internet, and entertainment provider.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
ⓘ
pay television service ⓘ satellite television provider ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
AT&T
ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Inc.
|
| acquisitionDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| brandOwner |
AT&T
ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Inc.
|
| broadcastStandard | ATSC-compatible output via set-top box ⓘ |
| competitor |
Dish Network
ⓘ
cable television providers in the United States ⓘ streaming television services ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| customerSupportChannel |
mobile app support
ⓘ
online support ⓘ telephone support ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | digital television ⓘ |
| formerName | Hughes Electronics DBS service ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Eddy Hartenstein ⓘ |
| hasService |
DirecTV Stream
ⓘ
NFL Sunday Ticket ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
DirecTV
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
DirecTV Latin America
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.directv.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | El Segundo, California ⓘ |
| inception | 1994 ⓘ |
| industry |
pay television
ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | June 17, 1994 ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| logoText |
DirecTV
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
DIRECTV
|
| offers |
high-definition television
ⓘ
international programming ⓘ pay-per-view programming ⓘ premium movie channels ⓘ sports packages ⓘ television channels ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
AT&T
ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Inc.
|
| provides |
DVR service
ⓘ
on-demand content ⓘ set-top boxes ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Latin America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| serviceType |
direct broadcast satellite
ⓘ
subscription television ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
commercial customers
ⓘ
residential customers ⓘ |
| technologyUsed | geostationary communications satellites ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: DirecTV Description of subject: DirecTV is a major American direct broadcast satellite television service provider offering a wide range of channels and packages to residential and commercial customers.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DirecTV Cinema
this entity surface form:
DirecTV (former)
this entity surface form:
MVPDs
this entity surface form:
Shaw Direct
this entity surface form:
DirecTV Latin America
this entity surface form:
DirecTV Sports
subject surface form:
Greg Maffei
this entity surface form:
DIRECTV
this entity surface form:
DirecTV (The 101 Network)