Tag: AT&T
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AT&T’s New DIRECTV Streaming Service Will Reportedly Be Called AT&T TV & Will Soft Launch in August 2019
For months now, we have heard that AT&T was working on a new live TV streaming service. This new service would be separate from DIRECTV NOW and was being built to replace DIRECTV. AT&T reportedly wants to try to move over DIRECTV customers to a cheaper streaming version to help save AT&T money. With a…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, & U-Verse TV Drops Nexstar Owned ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals
Did you wake up this morning to find your local ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC affiliate dark? Right now AT&T and Nexstar are in a fight over fees. This fight has resulted in AT&T removing most Nexstar owned locals from DIRECTV NOW, DIRECTV, and U-Verse TV, Blackouts like this are not new and the channels…
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AT&T is Reportedly Looking to Sell its AT&T Sports Net RSNs
For years now many cord cutters have dreamed of AT&T Sports Nets becoming more cord cutting friendly. AT&T Sports Net have been one of the last regional sports networks to strike a deal with live TV streaming services like Sling TV. Only recently did AT&T Sports Net’s Southwest become cord cutting friendly by adding support…
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AT&T Wants to Reboot TGIF With New Versions of ‘Step by Step’, ‘Perfect Strangers’ & ‘Family Matters’
If you grew up in the 1990s, you likely remember TGIF as must-watch TV every Friday night. Now AT&T is reportedly working on bringing back TGIF classics like Step by Step, Perfect Strangers, its spinoff Family Matters to its new WarnerMedia streaming service. It seems that AT&T is hoping to copy Netflix’s success with Fuller House a reboot…
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AT&T Just Donated $500,000 to Locast
Today AT&T announced that they have donated $500,000 to Locast to support their free streaming service. This comes at a time that Locast has been expanding with the addition of South Dakota along with Los Angeles and San Francisco. “AT&T is donating $500,000 to non-profit advocacy group Sports Fans Coalition NY (SFCNY), which operates the…
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Cord Cutting This Week #82 – DIRECTV NOW Beta Test, AT&T WarnerMedia Service, PlayStation Vue, & 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…
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Cord Cutting Today #78 – DIRECTV NOW is No Longer AT&T’s Main Focus, Locast, Amazon, & More
Did you know we have a daily YouTube cord cutting newscast? Cord Cutting Today look sat the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world…
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AT&T’s President Says DIRECTV NOW Is No Longer its Main Focus
In recent months many have noticed that AT&T is not talking about DIRECTV NOW as much as they used to. We are seeing fewer ads for the service, there are less promotional deals, and even announced add-ons never came into being. Now AT&T is making it clear that DIRECTV NOW is no longer their focus…
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AT&T Confirms DIRECTV NOW’s Streaming Player is a Beta Test For the New DIRECTV Streaming Service
For months now DIRECTV NOW subscribers using the new AT&T streaming player said they felt like beta testers for the new DIRECTV service. Now AT&T’s President of Mobility and Entertainment David Christopher confirmed that this is the case today in an interview with FierceVideo. Here is what David Christopher told FierceVideo: “Christopher said that AT&T…
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Updated: AT&T is Reportedly Running Ads For Adult Websites on DIRECTV NOW
Update #3: Today Viacom and AT&T reached back out to Cord Cutters News to say the ad run was run by Viacom. The ad has since been paused. The ad was a digital inserted ad not part of the typical live TV ad block and explains why some may have seen it and others did…