Category: DIRECTV
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AT&T’s $15 a Month TV Service Watch TV Now Has 500K Accounts
Last week during AT&T’s earnings call AT&T announced that they have 500,000 AT&T Watch TV accounts. AT&T was careful not to call them subscribers but, according to AT&T, they have 500,000 “accounts established.” So why is AT&T unwilling to call these subscribers? It is likely because most of them are free accounts offered to AT&T…
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Cord Cutting This Week 61 – DIRECTV NOW Loses 267,000 Subscribers, Hulu New Ads, Cable’s Downfall, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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PBS’s CEO Says They Are Talking With Services Like PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, YouTube TV, & More
Last year PBS announced efforts to launch on live TV streaming services like Hulu and YouTube TV. They carefully warned though that well PBS owns the rights to many of the syndicated shows the local content is owned by 350 some member stations that PBS as a parent company does not own or control. This…
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AT&T Confirms DIRECTV NOW No Longer Offers ESPN3
A few months ago, DIRECTV NOW customers lost access to ESPN3 content. At the time some support agents said this was just a glitch and ESPN3 support would return shortly. Now AT&T has confirmed that ESPN3 is not coming back and should never have been part of DIRECTV NOW. In a statement on DIRECTV NOW’s…
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DIRECTV NOW Adds Sinclair Owned CW Locals
Last night DIRECTV NOW added more CW locals to their lineup. It seems to be mostly Sinclair owned CW Networks including WCTV The CW 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Birmingham, Alabama according to a report on Reddit and confirmed by Cord Cutters News. Update: Here are all the CW locals DIRECTV NOW added today, Atlanta, Birmingham,…
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DIRECTV NOW vs YouTube TV vs Philo vs PlayStation Vue vs Sling TV vs FuboTV vs Watch TV vs Hulu – Updated February 2019
2019 is underway and the battle for the best live TV streaming services is heating up. As we wait for newcomers like T-Mobile TV to hit the market current providers are fighting to be the best live TV streaming service. With 8 very popular live TV services it is harder than ever to pick the…
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What Does DIRECTV NOW’s Downturn Mean for the Future of Cord Cutting? We Take a Look…
Yesterday DIRECTV NOW announced that it had lost 267,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018. This instantly started a flood of finger pointing that cord cutting is coming to an end. Yet at the same time, DIRECTV and U-Verse TV lost 750,000 subscribers in 2018, cord cutting is still quickly growing. So why did…
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As Cord Cutting Grows AT&T’s DIRECTV & U-Verse Lost 750K TV Subscribers in 2018
AT&T had a bad 2018 when it came to TV. According to reports, AT&T lost 750,000 subscribers across DIRECTV and U-Verse TV. In total AT&T has 24.5 million video subscribers including 1.6 million DIRECTV NOW subscribers. This is down from 25.2 million at the end of 2017. This is on top of the DIRECTV NOW…
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DIRECTV NOW Just Lost 267,000 Subscribers in The 4th Quarter of 2018
Today AT&T announced that DIRECTV NOW lost 267,000 subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2018. This is compared to the 3rd quarters of 2018 when DIRECTV NOW added 49,000 subscribers. AT&T has been warning that DIRECTV NOW would likely lose subscribers now that has come true. In total AT&T lost 391,000 TV subscribers across all…
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YouTube TV is More Popular Than DIRECTV NOW, PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, & More According to Tivo
This week Tivo announced their 4th quarter 2018 report on the current state of TV. Part of this study looked at the most popular streaming services including live TV streaming services. According to that study, YouTube TV is now the most popular live TV streaming services with 11.9% of their subscribers using the service. YouTube…