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DirecTV Enables Phone-Based DVR Scheduling

Jan 18, 2008, 1:21 PM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jan 18, 2008, 1:39 PM

DirecTV subscribers can now use their cell phones to schedule their DVRs to record programs through a mobile Web site. The DVR Scheduler service is free.

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