Category: DIRECTV
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AT&T TV is Ending Its Beta Program For The Android TV Osprey Box
Today AT&T contacted AT&T TV and AT&T TV NOW customers who had been beta testing the Osprey Box and Android TV powered streaming player that is the backbone of the new AT&T TV service. In the email, AT&T informed them that the beta test is now over but they can keep their boxes for free…
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HBO Max is Adding More Animated Content As Part of a Deal With Studio Ghibli Films
Today AT&T announced a deal that will bring Studio Ghibli Films to HBO Max. This means at launch HBO MAX will have access to Academy Award®-winning Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Ponyo, Castle in the Sky, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and more. “Studio Ghibli films are visually breathtaking, completely immersive experiences”…
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AT&T & Sinclair Agree To a New Deal to Keep Sinclair Owned Channels Including Fox RSNs on DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, U-verse TV, & More
After weeks of short term extensions today AT&T and Sinclair have announced a deal to keep Sinclair owned channels on DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, U-verse TV, and more. This news comes after Sinclair first warned of a possible blackout back in mid-September. Since that first warning, AT&T and Sinclair have reached several short term extensions…
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AT&T is Raising The Price of U-verse TV For The Second Time in 12 Months on Some Customers
This week we learned that for the second time in 12 months, AT&T is raising its price on U-verse TV, AT&T Phone and AT&T Internet busniess customers but this time it is to cover AT&T’s property taxes. Recently AT&T started to notify customers that it will be raising its “Cost Assessment Charge” on their TV…
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AT&T TV NOW, U-verse TV, & DIRECTV Re-Add 18 Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC TV Stations After A 7 Month Blackout
Today Northwest Broadcasting and AT&T announced a deal to end an almost 8-month long blackout. With this deal, AT&T has agreed to re-add 18 ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC stations that are owned by Northwest Broadcasting to DIRECTV, U-verse, and AT&T TV NOW. AT&T has also reached a deal with GoCom to re-add one station.…
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DIRECTV & DISH May Merge & Be Run By AT&T According To a New Report
Over the last few months, there has been growing pressure on AT&T from investors to do something with the declining DIRECTV satellite unit. Some investors have even called on AT&T to sell off DIRECTV’s satellite service. Now according to a report from Fox Business, there is a deal in the works that would see DIRECTV…
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AT&T SportsNet May Become More Cord Cutting Friendly After New Deal With The MLB Pirates
This week the Pittsburgh Pirates and AT&T reached a deal to keep the team’s games on AT&T Sports Networks. Many Pirates fans had hoped the team would pick a new partner so their games could be streamed on services like Sling TV, YouTube TV, Hulu, and more. AT&T and the Pirates stopped just short of…
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AT&T is Selling Its Operations in Puerto Rico & The U.S. Virgin Islands As Part of a Plan to Pay off Debt
Today AT&T announced that it is selling its wireless and wireline optimation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America for $1.95 billion in cash at closing. AT&T will keep control of its FirstNet responsibilities as well as DIRECTV in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “This transaction is a…
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AT&T Warns That DIRECTV, U-verse TV, & AT&T TV NOW Could Soon Lose Sinclair ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals
Last week Sinclair and AT&T agreed to a second short term extension to keep Sinclair locals on AT&T’s DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, U-Verse and more. Now it seems that a final deal has not been reached as last night AT&T started to run warning messages about Sinclair locals going dark on its TV services. What…
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HBO Max is Getting Exclusive First Rights to Sesame Street
Since 2015 HBO has had first rights to new Sesame Street content. Now AT&T has announced that they are moving Sesame Street from HBO to HBO Max starting with season 51 of Sesame Street. After the programs air on HBO Max they will eventually make their way over to PBS Kids to air for free,…