Category: DIRECTV
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AT&T TV NOW Adds a $5 Movies Extra Add-On With Hallmark Drama, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, & More
Back in September AT&T TV NOW briefly offered a $5 a month Movies Extra add-on that offered access to 9 channels before removing it from its lineup. Today once again AT&T has started offering a $5 Movies Extra add-on to AT&T TV NOW customers. With this $5 a month add-on you get access to Crime+…
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AT&T TV NOW Adds WGN America
AT&T TV has added WGN to its library of available channels. WGN was recently acquired by Nexstar when the company closed on its purchase of Tribune Media Company for $6.4 billion this week. This deal has now allowed WGN American to add AT&T TV. This will mark the first time that WGN will be available…
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AT&T Needs to Regain the Trust of Cord Cutters for AT&T TV & HBO MAX to Be Successful
This week AT&T announced plans for HBO MAX, a new on-demand streaming service that will cost $14.99 a month. HBO MAX will include bundle deals with AT&T TV and offer content from HBO and a huge collection of WarnerMedia properties. The main issue AT&T has is not the line up or content HBO MAX will…
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AT&T Announces New Unlimited Wireless Plans Starting at $35 a Month With Free HBO MAX
Today AT&T announced new unlimited wireless plans starting at $35 a month when you signup for 4 lines. These new AT&T Wireless plans will take effect this Sunday and are called AT&T Unlimited Starter and AT&T Unlimited Extra. Later on, an AT&T Unlimited Elite plan will also be released for $50 a month with 4…
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AT&T Says DIRECTV & AT&T TV NOW Subscriber Losses Have Peaked
Yesterday AT&T reported TV subscriber losses of over 1.3 million. Now AT&T says that they believe that DIRECTV and AT&T TV NOW subscriber losses have peaked and will start decreasing in the fourth quarter of 2019. According to AT&T, the recent blackouts like with the CBS blackout drove high subscriber losses in the third quarter…
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AT&T TV NOW Will Merge Into HBO MAX & AT&T TV is Delayed Until Early 2020
When AT&T TV launched, AT&T said that it would reach nationwide by the end of 2019 Now during AT&T’s 3rd quarter earnings call, AT&T announced that AT&T TV’s national rollout is delayed until 2020. AT&T did not explain why it is delaying the deployment of AT&T TV. AT&T also announced that in the future, HBO…
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AT&T is Open to Selling DIRECTV as TV Losses Grow
Today during AT&T’s 3rd quarter 2019 earnings call, AT&T put out the idea that DIRECTV could be on the table for sale or a merger/partnership. According to AT&T, there are no “sacred cows” in its portfolio and it directly pointed a finger at AT&T’s DIRECTV satellite TV service. This news comes as the investment group…
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AT&T Lost Over A Million TV Customers in The 3rd Quarter of 2019 Including AT&T TV NOW Losing 195,000 Subscribers
Today AT&T announced that AT&T TV NOW lost 195,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2019. This is up from the 168,000 subscribers DIRECTV NOW (now called AT&T TV NOW) lost in the second quarter of this year and the third consecutive quarter in which AT&T has lost subscribers on its live TV streaming service.…
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AT&T is Selling Some of WarnerMedia’s European Assets For $1.1 Billion to Pay Off Debt
Today AT&T announced that they are selling off WarnerMedia’s Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CEM) to a Czech investment firm called PPF Group N.V. (PPF) for $1.1 billion in cash. According to AT&T, they plan to use some of the $1.1 billion to pay off debts. AT&T will also receive a $575 million debt guarantee. AT&T…
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AT&T Wants to Move DIRECTV Customers to Streaming Services Like AT&T TV & HBO Max
Today during a Reuters interview with AT&T’s Chief Operating Officer John Stankey, we got a new look at AT&T’s long term TV plans. According to AT&T’s COO, the plan is to move DIRECTV customers to a streaming service. “We didn’t buy DIRECTV because we love satellite,” said Stankey. “We bought DIRECTV because we love the…