DirecTV Stream
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DirecTV Stream is a live TV streaming service from DirecTV that offers cable-style channel bundles over the internet without requiring a satellite dish.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DirecTV Stream canonical | 5 |
| DirecTV Now | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575608 — 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 Stream Context triple: [YouTube TV, competesWith, DirecTV Stream]
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A.
Fubo
Fubo is a live TV streaming service best known for its extensive sports-focused channel lineup and cord-cutting alternative to traditional cable.
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B.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV is a subscription-based live TV streaming service that offers access to major broadcast and cable channels over the internet.
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C.
Hulu
Hulu is a U.S.-based subscription streaming service offering on-demand access to a wide range of television shows, films, and original content.
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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.
Roku
Roku is a popular digital media player platform that streams internet-based television, movies, and other content through apps and channels on connected TVs.
- 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 Stream Target entity description: 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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A.
Fubo
Fubo is a live TV streaming service best known for its extensive sports-focused channel lineup and cord-cutting alternative to traditional cable.
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B.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV is a subscription-based live TV streaming service that offers access to major broadcast and cable channels over the internet.
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C.
Hulu
Hulu is a U.S.-based subscription streaming service offering on-demand access to a wide range of television shows, films, and original content.
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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.
Roku
Roku is a popular digital media player platform that streams internet-based television, movies, and other content through apps and channels on connected TVs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
live TV streaming service
ⓘ
over-the-top television service ⓘ subscription video on demand service ⓘ |
| accessMethod | streaming over the internet ⓘ |
| availableIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| brandOwner | DirecTV ⓘ |
| businessModel | subscription ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Fubo
ⓘ
Hulu ⓘ
surface form:
Hulu + Live TV
Sling TV ⓘ YouTube TV ⓘ |
| contentType |
entertainment channels
ⓘ
movie channels ⓘ news channels ⓘ sports programming ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionFormat | IPTV ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire | satellite dish ⓘ |
| formerName |
AT&T TV Now
ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T TV
AT&T TV Now ⓘ AT&T TV Now ⓘ
surface form:
DirecTV Now
|
| hasFeature |
channel bundles
ⓘ
multiple simultaneous streams ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | El Segundo, California ⓘ |
| industry |
streaming media
ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchDate | 2016-11-30 ⓘ |
| offers |
cloud DVR
ⓘ
live television channels ⓘ on-demand content ⓘ |
| operatedBy | DirecTV ⓘ |
| ownedBy | DirecTV ⓘ |
| parentCompany | DirecTV ⓘ |
| platform |
Fire TV
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon Fire TV
Android ⓘ Android TV ⓘ Apple TV ⓘ Roku ⓘ iOS ⓘ web browsers ⓘ |
| requires | broadband internet connection ⓘ |
| serviceType |
internet television
ⓘ
multichannel video programming distributor ⓘ |
| supports |
4K content
ⓘ
high-definition video ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
cord-cutters
ⓘ
cord-nevers ⓘ |
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 Stream Description of subject: DirecTV Stream is a live TV streaming service from DirecTV that offers cable-style channel bundles over the internet without requiring a satellite dish.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DirecTV Now
this entity surface form:
DirecTV Now