Tag: AT&T
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Sinclair Locals Could Go Dark on DIRECTV & AT&T TV NOW Next Week
Today Sinclair announced that AT&T has agreed to a 7-day extension to keep Sinclair locals on AT&T’s DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, U-Verse and more. Sinclair says they asked for a 5-week extension but AT&T only agreed to a 7-day extension to keep Sinclair-owned ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC locals on AT&T’s TV services. The current…
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AT&T is Reportedly NOT Planning on Selling DIRECTV
Yesterday WSJ reported that AT&T planned to spinoff or sell DIRECTV’s satellite service. Now CNBC is reporting that AT&T is NOT looking to sell DIRECTV according to CNBC’s sources. This news comes as the investment group Elliott Management announced it now owns $3.2 billion of AT&T stock and that it’s pushing for AT&T to sell…
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AT&T is Reportedly Considering Selling DIRECTV’s Satellite Service
UPDATE: CNBC is now disputing this story. You can read more here. Today The Wall Street Journal reported that AT&T is entertaining the possibility of selling its DIRECTV satellite service. According to the report, AT&T is “exploring parting ways with DIRECTV.” This comes a day after Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said that a merged DIRECTV…
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AT&T’s CEO Defends Buying DIRECTV & Time Warner Following Shareholder Concerns
Recently AT&T has been under fire for its TV efforts as they warn that a million TV customers could be lost int he 3rd quarter of 2019. Most noticeably was the investor group Elliott Management who is pushing for DIRECTV to be sold and new leadership be brought in at AT&T. Now AT&T’s CEO says…
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AT&T Reportedly Inflated DIRECTV NOW Subscriber Numbers According to New Lawsuit
This week AT&T is now facing a third lawsuit claiming that it misled investors over the growth of DIRECTV NOW, now called AT&T TV NOW. Pomerantz LLP and Labaton Sucharow LLP now say their investigation found that the use of fake accounts to increase DIRECTV NOW subscribers numbers was a “massive and nationwide” issue. According…
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AT&T & Disney May Have Reached a Long-Term Deal to Keep ESPN & Disney-Owned Channels On DIRECTV & AT&T TV NOW
For the last few days AT&T and Disney have been in talks over a new contract for Disney-owned channels on AT&T TV, AT&T TV NOW, U-verse TV, and DIRECTV. Now it looks like a new deal may have been reached. This means subscribers to AT&T’s services won’t lose Disney owned channels and Disney owned ABC…
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AT&T & Disney Agree to a Short-Term Extension To Keep ESPN on DirecTV & AT&T TV Now
After the SEC warned that ESPN would go dark today it seems a short-term deal has been reached between Disney and AT&T. Cord Cutters News has confirmed that AT&T and Disney originally reached a short-term deal to extend ESPN On AT&T until 9:00 a.m. Eastern. Now 9:00 a.m. Eastern has come and gone and ESPN…
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AT&T TV NOW & DIRECTV Could Lose ESPN & Disney Owned Channels Today
Earlier this week Disney started to warn DIRECTV and AT&T TV NOW subscribers that ESPN, The Disney Channel, Freeform and more could be leaving AT&T’s TV services. Now the SEC is warning that ESPN could be leaving DIRECTV, U-verse, AT&T TV NOW, and AT&T TV as soon as tonight. Update: a short-term extension has been…
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AT&T Expects to Lose Over 1 Million TV Subscribers & Have More Blackouts in the 3rd Quarter of 2019
Today, AT&T sent shareholders an update for its 2020 goals. In that letter, AT&T warned that they could lose over 1 million subscribers in the third quarter of 2019. AT&T went on to say that there could be more blackouts as contracts come up for renewal. “Coming into the year, the company expected some tough…
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AT&T Says HBO Max Will Be Different From Disney+ & Apple TV+
Recently Apple and Disney have been pushing forward with their new streaming services. AT&T also has a new streaming service in the works called HBO Max but has been far more quiet about its plans. But now, AT&T’s CFO John Stephens said in an interview with Deadline that HBO Max will be “different” from what…