Direct TV to expire your PPV movies after 24 hours
Well, we wrote about it a few weeks ago and now it’s all but official. Likely you’ve seen a new item on your playlist that is telling you the same thing I am, but in case you missed it, here it is:
Any PPV movies or programming you order from Direct TV will now expire in 24 hours.
In my previous blog post, I pointed out that my recent PPV movies suddenly came with an expiration date, and a few of which I lost entirely because I didn’t get to them before it was too late.
That obviously was just a taste of things to come.
I used to like to record PPV movies to watch at a later date whenever I felt like it, but that’s not going to work anymore. The only upside to this news is that I’ve noticed Direct TV’s high definition On Demand library growing a bit. In fact, you can go download and watch Once or Bourne Ultimatum right now.
Anyways, the main thing you need to know about this post: If you order a PPV movie, start watching it, and suddenly get tired and go to bed, you’d better finish it before 24 hours are up or you’ve lost $4.99.
The only caveat is that if you don’t ever start the movie, I don’t think you get charged at all.
So what do you think? Does this limitation upset you? For those of you who don’t have Direct TV, don’t think you are off the hook. It’s only a matter of time before your provider does the same thing.
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