Tag: AT&T
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American Television Alliance Responds to Cox Channel Blackout
This week, Cox-owned locals went dark on AT&T TV and DirecTV. With several of the channels being CBS affiliate stations, the blackout means that customers in some markets, including Dayton, OH and Seattle will not be able to watch the Super Bowl with their paid TV package. Today, the American Television Alliance (ATVA) noted that…
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AT&T Drops Cox-Owned Locals on DirecTV and AT&T TV
Last week, we reported that that AT&T was in jeopardy of losing Cox-owned stations if the two companies weren’t able to make a retransmission deal. AT&T and Cox did not manage to make a deal before the midnight PT deadline and the channels have been blacked out for customers in those areas. The channels are…
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AT&T Lost 617,000 ‘Premium TV’ Customers in Q4 2020
AT&T continues to see a premium TV customer loss, reporting that 617,000 net subscribers dropped their service in Q4 2020. That number includes DirecTV, U-Verse, and AT&T TV subscribers. The company ended 2020 with 17.2 million “total video connections” for the year, including DirecTV, U-Verse, AT&T TV, and AT&T TV Now subscribers. That number is…
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HBO Max Reaches 17.2 Million ‘Activations’
HBO Max is growing faster than expected, according to a Q4 2020 report shared by AT&T today. HBO Max activated subscriptions doubled in in the fourth quarter, reaching 17.2 million, with HBO and HBO Max combined at 41.5 million domestic subscribers. It looks like WarnerMedia’s plan to release movies on HBO Max concurrently with theater…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Netflix Hits 200M, Paramount+ Gets a Launch Date, and More
Another busy week in the cord cutting world with Netflix announcing it’s surpassed 200 million worldwide users and ViacomCBS setting a launch date for its Paramount+ streaming service. Elsewhere, we learned that Netflix is looking to add an official shuffle feature and the latest game consoles might not be the most energy-efficient streaming devices Here’s…
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AT&T and Tegna Reach an Agreement to Bring Locals Back to DirecTV, AT&T TV, AT&T TV Now & U-Verse
The AT&T and Tegna dispute has come to an end. The two companies released the following joint statement Sunday morning. TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) and AT&T (NYSE: T) have entered into a new multi-year retransmission consent agreement to provide TEGNA-owned local broadcast stations to customers of AT&T’s video platforms across the country. All TEGNA stations…
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Tegna Responds to AT&T Dropping Locals
After failing to come to an agreement to keep Tegna-owned local channels on AT&T’s DirecTV, U-Verse, and AT&T TV, AT&T dropped the local stations from its services. Before the channels were dropped, AT&T shared a statement with customers on its website, saying “As many station owners like TEGNA keep losing viewers and sponsors, they’ve resorted…
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AT&T Will Sell Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation
Sony and AT&T announced today that AT&T will sell its anime streaming service Crunchyroll to Sony-owned Funimation. We reported that the deal was nearing a close in October, with AT&T asking $1.5 billion for the service. Today, Funimation purchased the service for a price of $1.175 billion. Crunchyroll has over 3 million paid subscribers as…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: HBO Max Redefines ‘Home Box Office,’ Discovery’s New Streaming Service, and More
December is starting off with a bang thanks to some landmark streaming news from HBO Max and Discovery’s announcement of a new streaming service launching early next year. Elsewhere, a pair of carrier disputes have led to major channel blackouts, and fuboTV is betting on sports wagering as a major new revenue source. Here’s what…
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AT&T Loses Tegna Owned Locals, American Television Alliance Responds
Last week, we reported that AT&T was in jeopardy of losing over 60 Tegna owned local stations in 52 markets, affecting customers across the country. Those channels were pulled from DirecTV and U-Verse at 7 pm ET on December 1. “It is alarming, albeit unsurprising, that TEGNA is profiteering off of the need for local…