Showing posts with label DirecTV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DirecTV. Show all posts

Monday, August 11, 2014

Eli and Peyton joined by some Jets in a new DirecTV rap video (VIDEO)

If it's August in the NFL, it can only mean one thing — another Manning brothers DirecTV jam.

Eli and Peyton Manning — who had a YouTube hit with last year's DirecTV rap "Football on Your Phone" video, are at it again with a similar gangsta theme but they added a few new friends.

"Fantasy Fottball Fantasy" comes out today promoting the network's new fantasy football channel, Via For The Win.



Along with the pair's white guy rapping cadence, you'll get a few other curiosities, including:

• New Jets running back Chris Johnson giving someone his trademark dreadlocks.

•  Ex-Jets quarterback Joe Namath cuddling a mother while she's making stew (don't ask,         just watch).

• Eli getting auto-tuned before his father Archie Manning joins him in outer space.

Just don't look for any Seattle Seahawks though.



Last year's video caught everyone by surprise and seemed fresh and spontaneous. This one doesn't seem to hit the mark. You be the judge:

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Fantasy football to get its own TV channel: Report

If you are one of those fantasy football fanatics who still doesn't think there is enough information floating around to feed your inner general manager — rejoice.

DirecTV has announced that it has created a live fantasy football channel that will be available every Sunday afternoon during the 2014 NFL season on its Sunday Ticket package.

The "Fantasy Zone" channel," via marketwatch.com, will be shown all day on a channel next to the "Red Zone" and will be entirely dedicated to fantasy football in all its glory.




Fantasy Zone will also be broadcasting while games are in progress, but will focus solely on how the live action is affecting the day’s fantasy stats. 

"The DirecTV Fantasy Zone channel will provide timely game-to-game fantasy analysis and statistics powered by NFL.com Fantasy along with multiple, revolving on-screen tickers offering real-time stats, highlights, projections and key player updates," the provider wrote in a release.

Kay Adams of NBC Sports, will host the show, and former NFL linebacker Dhani Jones will be the color commentator and will provide analysis. Former Redskins offensive lineman Mark Adickes, now an orthopedic surgeon, will provide injury analysis.

Unlike the Red Zone Channel, which airs from DirecTV’s Los Angeles headquarters, the Fantasy Zone will be broadcast from a loft in New York.

There will be celebrity guest hosts, a live studio audience and even an on-set kitchen where a full-time in-studio chef will cook up game day recipes for fans who get tired of their Doritos and dips.