Archive for October, 2010
DirecTv TV APP: NHL Scores
by Huskie on Oct.15, 2010, under DirecTv TV App, Unpublished
Title: NHL Scores
Description: Shows the current NHL scores and/or upcoming games.
Status: NOT PUBLISHED – Word on the street indicates DirecTv is making an NHL App so I’m not even going to bother submitting this one.
Sample Image:
Refresh Rate: every 15/30 seconds
Notes:
There is no way to compete with DirecTv published Apps or the Apps from Infopop. They have access to the real SDK that these receivers understand. All us third party developers can do is just transmit back a static PNG image. That’s it. We can’t even make the dock image dynamic like their Weather Channel App does.
DirecTv TV APP: This Day in History
by Huskie on Oct.06, 2010, under DirecTv TV App, Disapproved
Title: This Day in History (From the History Channel) 
Description: Shows the daily fact feed from History.com
Status: DISAPPROVED – After having it up for a few weeks, DirecTv disapproved of this App stating History Channel’s request. Weeks later, History Channel comes out with their own very simplified version.
Sample Image:
Refresh Rate: 24 hours
DirecTv TV APP: APOD
by Huskie on Oct.06, 2010, under DirecTv TV App, Disapproved
Title: Astrology Picture of the Day
Description: Shows the daily Astrology Picture of the Day (APOD) from NASA.
Status: DISAPPROVED – After having it up on their test server, DirecTv disapproved of this App due to possible copyright issues.
Sample Image:
Refresh Rate: 24 hours
