Tag: AT&T
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AT&T is Adding More Ads When You Pause Your TV on DIRECTV & AT&T TV NOW
In November, we shared an update on AT&T’s plans to integrate “pause ads” on AT&T TV and AT&T TV NOW. These are ads that play automatically when a viewer pauses what they’re watching. In a recent interview, AT&T’s advertising and analytics division Xandr’s CEO Brian Lesser shared more information about what this new ad feature…
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HBO MAX Will Offer 2x The Content That Disney+ Offers
Today John Stankey, President and Chief Operating Officer of AT&T at the UBS Global TMT Conference, opened up about HBO MAX. During the conference, AT&T’s President talked more about his plans for HBO MAX and defended the $14.99 price point. During the talk, John Stankey was asked about the $14.99 price for HBO MAX compared…
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AT&T TV NOW May Shut Down According to MoffettNathanson
Recently we learned that PlayStation Vue will be shutting down in early 2020. Now according to the research group MoffettNathanson, AT&T TV NOW could also shut down. According to MoffettNathanson, AT&T is shifting its focus over to AT&T TV, its new live TV streaming service that comes with a two-year contract, fees, and other cable…
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AT&T is in Trouble According to The Investment Bank KeyBanc
Even as the company nears an all time high valuation, AT&T is in trouble, according to KeyBanc, says a report from Seeking Alpha. KeyBanc cites growing competition in the wireless market, weak growth in Entertainment Group’s video and broadband businesses, and “weak industry video subscribers,” as the obstacles AT&T is facing, according to KeyBanc Capital…
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AT&T Is Raising the Price of DIRECTV & U-verse TV
Recently we learned that Comcast and Spectrum are raising their TV prices. Now AT&T is raising the price of DIRECTV and U-Verse TV by as much as $8 a month according to a report from the TVAnswerman, who first spotted the listing on AT&T’s website. AT&T’s TV price hikes will vary wildly depending on what…
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AT&T Wants 400,000 TV Customers to Switch to More Expensive DIRECTV Plans or Cancel
This week, AT&T chief financial officer John Stephens gave shareholders an update about financial goals going into 2020. A large part of that plan centers on moving customers away from discounted video plans to more expensive AT&T TV or DIRECTV plans. If they don’t move, AT&T seems to be trying to force them to cancel.…
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DIRECTV & AT&T TV NOW Both Face Subscriber “Challenges” According to Analyst
For some time now AT&T has been warning that TV subscriber numbers would be decreasing but a turnaround was just around the corner. So far though DIRECTV NOW, AT&T TV NOW, and U-Verse TV have all continued to lose subscribers. Now the investment group KeyBanc Capital Markets announced a warning about AT&T’s future with TV.…
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AT&T TV NOW Re-Adds ESPN3 Support
Back in February, AT&T confirmed that ESPN3 support was dropped for DIRECTV NOW that is now called AT&T TV NOW. Now it looks that ESPN3 has returned to AT&T TV NOW. At the time, AT&T said: “We’re currently looking into the issue with ESPN3 and we are working to have a resolution as soon as possible.…
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AT&T TV Now Has Lost 37% of Its Customer Base in Just 12 Months
In their Quarter 3 earnings report, AT&T announced that AT&T TV Now had lost 195,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2019. This brought the total subscriber count down to 1,145,000 from 1.86 million one year earlier (when AT&T TV Now was still called DirecTV Now). In total, AT&T TV Now has seen a loss…
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AT&T TV NOW’s Updated DVR is Rolling Out This Week
Has your AT&T TV NOW DVR been acting weird? You are not alone as AT&T has been rolling out an update to its DVR. According to an AT&T software developer on Reddit, AT&T has been migrating its DVR backend platform to a new system this week. The final wave of customers had their DVR moved…