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The Direct | Latest Movie, TV & Streaming News

Last scanned Jul 26, 2026, 5:17 AM

99

Overall score

Excellent

Summary

The Direct is a leading entertainment news website covering the biggest movies and TV shows across theaters, broadcast cable, and streaming platforms. This website uses Google Analytics hosted on Cloudflare behind Cloudflare CDN. SEO is excellent (95/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores excellent (100/100) and performance excellent (100/100). Top issue: Meta description longer than 160 characters.

The Direct

The Direct is a leading entertainment news website covering the biggest movies and TV shows across theaters, broadcast cable, and streaming platforms.

United States
Hosted on Cloudflare

Top issues to fix

1 issue found

  • Meta description longer than 160 characters

    SEO

    Trim the meta description to under 160 characters to avoid truncation in search results.

95

SEO

1 issue(s) found

100

Performance

496 ms

100

Security

HTTPS & header checks

100

Accessibility

0 issue(s) found

Not enough scan history yet to show a trend — check back after this site has been re-scanned a few more times.

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

The Direct

The Direct is a leading entertainment news website covering the biggest movies and TV shows across theaters, broadcast cable, and streaming platforms.

Founded
Jan 1, 2020

Contact

Email, phone, and address published on this site's own pages.

Meta tags

Title
The Direct | Latest Movie, TV & Streaming News
Description
The Direct is a leading entertainment news site covering the biggest movies and TV shows across theaters and streaming platforms. From Marvel, DC, and Star Wars to hit series on Disney+, Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime Video, and more — we deliver the latest updates, trailers, and exclusive insights. | Page 1
Canonical
https://thedirect.com
Language
en
Charset
utf-8
Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Robots meta
max-image-preview:large
Manifest

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
The Direct | Latest Movie, TV & Streaming News
og:description
The Direct is a leading entertainment news site covering the biggest movies and TV shows across theaters and streaming platforms. From Marvel, DC, and Star Wars to hit series on Disney+, Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime Video, and more — we deliver the latest updates, trailers, and exclusive insights.
og:type
website
og:url
https://thedirect.com

Twitter Card

twitter:card
twitter:title
The Direct | Latest Movie, TV & Streaming News
twitter:description
The Direct is a leading entertainment news site covering the biggest movies and TV shows across theaters and streaming platforms. From Marvel, DC, and Star Wars to hit series on Disney+, Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime Video, and more — we deliver the latest updates, trailers, and exclusive insights.

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider
Cloudflare
CDN provider
Cloudflare
IP address
172.66.40.139
ASN
AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US)

DNS records

TypeValue
A
  • 172.66.40.139
  • 172.66.43.117
AAAA
  • 2606:4700:3108::ac42:288b
  • 2606:4700:3108::ac42:2b75
MX
  • alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
  • alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
  • aspmx.l.google.com
  • alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
  • alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
  • google-site-verification=fGzMfocIG-YfFtLf1rGrNs-n02DejnmhAm1NtJ0Xjug
NS
  • patryk.ns.cloudflare.com
  • kinsley.ns.cloudflare.com
CAA
CNAME
IPv6 supportYes

TLS / SSL certificate

Version
TLS 1.3
Issuer
Let's Encrypt
Subject
thedirect.com
Valid from
Jun 29, 2026
Valid to
Sep 27, 2026
Days until expiry
62
SAN domains
*.thedirect.com, thedirect.com

Security headers

  • Strict-Transport-SecurityEnabled
  • Content-Security-PolicyEnabled
  • X-Frame-OptionsEnabled
  • X-Content-Type-OptionsEnabled
  • Referrer-PolicyEnabled
  • Permissions-PolicyEnabled

Compression: gzip · 0 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 1 · H2 20 · H3 40

Links

96 internal · 4 external · 0 broken

Images

59 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

9 scripts · 3 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

73.1 KB · 48.6 KB

Page size

171 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt
Found
Disallow rules
6
sitemap.xml
Found
URLs in sitemap
-1

SEO issues

  • Meta description longer than 160 characters

Accessibility issues

No accessibility issues detected.

Scan details

Requested URL
https://thedirect.com
Final URL
https://thedirect.com
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/2
Response time
493 ms
HTML size
171 KB
Redirect chain
https://thedirect.com

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does thedirect.com use?
thedirect.com is built with Google Analytics.
Is thedirect.com secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. thedirect.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Sep 27, 2026.
Who hosts thedirect.com?
thedirect.com is hosted on Cloudflare, behind Cloudflare CDN.
What is thedirect.com's SEO score?
thedirect.com scored 95/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (excellent).
What is thedirect.com's overall website score?
thedirect.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 99/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
What company operates thedirect.com?
thedirect.com is operated by The Direct. The Direct is a leading entertainment news website covering the biggest movies and TV shows across theaters, broadcast cable, and streaming platforms.