Tag: AT&T
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AT&T Closing 40% of its Retail Stores Starting This Week
AT&T announced it’s planning to close 40 percent of its retail locations beginning this week. In an open letter posted on the company’s home page, CEO of AT&T Communications Jeff McElfresh described the move as part of the company’s response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. “In retail, our goal is to limit employees’ exposure while…
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AT&T is Providing Unlimited Internet & Distance Learning Assistance in Response to Coronavirus
Along with many other phone and internet providers, AT&T has announced their plans for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. To start, AT&T has agreed to the FCC Keep Americans Connected Pledge, announced earlier today. As part of that pledge, over the next 60 days, AT&T will: Not terminate the service of any wireless, home phone…
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NBA Suspended Season Will Cost Disney $306 Million, AT&T $168 Million
This week, the NBA made the decision to suspend the rest of this season after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. While this is an obvious letdown to those working in the League and to fans, media companies will also be taking a hit. Michael Nathanson, of analyst firm MoffettNathanson, estimates…
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Comcast, AT&T Announce Service Expansions, Fee Waivers in Wake of Coronavirus Precautions
With Coronavirus precautions keeping many of us at home instead of at work or school, Comcast announced it’s boosting and expanding its Internet Essentials program, which offers internet access to low-income families at a more affordable rate. “We also know that for millions of low-income Americans who don’t have internet service at home, this uncertain…
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AT&T is Getting Closer to Selling Regional Sports Networks
At an investors conference this week, AT&T CFO John Stephens commented on the company’s regional sports networks, suggesting that there could be interested buyers and that an auction for the networks could be nearing an end. We reported on AT&T looking into selling its regional sports networks last year, in an attempt for the company…
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AT&T Targets Early 2022 for 3G Sunset
While 5G may be grabbing all the attention and headlines these days, mobile carriers have been working on plans to move away from older networks and, they hope, convert existing customers to their latest tech. Case in point: the venerable 3G network, which came online in the US in the early 2000s. Various companies are…
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AT&T Now Has 5 Different TV Services: What They Are & How They Differ
Last year, AT&T made the decision to rebrand its television services, giving two of the services very similar names and making them available through one app. With the launch of those services, AT&T TV and AT&T TV NOW, and the upcoming launch of HBO MAX, we expected the company to drop its other TV services:…
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AT&T TV NOW Adds More Locals
Last week AT&T TV went nationwide and it looks like AT&T TV NOW also benefited from the launch. Over the weekend AT&T TV NOW added more locals and seems to have added most locals it was missing. AT&T also updated its Roku Channel late last week. Even though the AT&T TV Channel on Roku has…
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AT&T $15 TV Service Is Once Again Accepting New Customers
Earlier this week AT&T shut down signups for its $15 a month TV service AT&T Watch TV. The service has been all but hidden for most of the last few months as AT&T has not been marketing it. With the launch of AT&T TV, it seemed that AT&T had decided to kill off AT&T Watch…
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AT&T’s COO is Open to Selling DIRECTV
Back in February during DISH’s 4th quarter 2019 earnings call DISH was asked about a possible DISH and DIRECTV merger. According to DISH executives, it eventually makes sense for these two services to merge as the market changes. DISH’s CEO Charlie Ergen said that the merger of DISH and DIRECTV feels “inevitable.” Now AT&T’s COO…