Tag: AT&T
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AT&T Expects DIRECTV NOW to Lose More Subscribers in the Second Quarter of 2019
Yesterday, during AT&T’s first quarter 2019 earnings call, CEO Randall Stephenson opened up about AT&T’s expectations for DIRECTV NOW. During the call, AT&T’s CEO warned that AT&T could still lose more subscribers in the second quarter of 2019. He did add that DIRECTV NOW would have “decent growth” in the second half of 2019. AT&T…
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AT&T Says DIRECTV NOW at $50 a Month is ‘Sustainable’
Last month AT&T raised the price of DIRECTV NOW to $50 a month and cut many channels from the service. Now during AT&T’s 1st quarter, 2019 earnings call AT&T’s CEO opens up about the price hike. “I think we’re getting to a place now where the product, we all look at it and say, ‘OK,…
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AT&T is Planning to Announce Its New WarnerMedia Streaming Service This Fall
Last summer, we shared a story about the AT&T acquisition of Time Warner which they renamed WarnerMedia. Now it has been announced that AT&T is planning to use the huge catalog of WarnerMedia shows and movies to launch a streaming service to take on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Disney+. With all of the fanfare around…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW Lost 83,000 Subscribers in The First Quarter of 2019
Today AT&T announced that DIRECTV NOW lost 83,000 subscribers in the 1st quarter of 2019. This is compared to the 4th quarters of 2018 when DIRECTV NOW lost 267,000 subscribers. AT&T has been warning that DIRECTV NOW would likely lose subscribers now that has come true. In total AT&T lost 544,000 TV subscribers in the…
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Cord Cutting Today #35 – YouTube, YouTube Kids, & YouTube TV Are Coming Back To The Fire TV; DIRECTV NOW NFL Network, Philo, & More
Recently we started a new daily YouTube video. Cord Cutting Today will look at 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 of cord…
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AT&T Reportedly Never Told the NFL They Planned to Drop The NFL Network From DIRECTV NOW
On Monday AT&T announced that they are pulling the NFL Network from DIRECTV NOW & U-verse TV. This comes as AT&T and the NFL are in talks over changes to the NFL Sunday Ticket with the real possiblity that the NFL will pull back rights to NFL Sunday Ticket from AT&T. Now the Sports Business…
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AT&T is Testing a New Version of The DIRECTV NOW Streaming Player & They Are Looking For New Beta Testers
Last year AT&T announced that they had started beta testing for a new streaming video device they planned to offer with DIRECTV NOW. In December DIRECTV NOW mailed out their streaming player to a handful DIRECTV NOW subscribers to test out. Now AT&T is looking for a new set of DIRECTV NOW beta testers to…
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DIRECTV NOW & U-verse TV Are Dropping The NFL Network on All New & Grandfathered Package
Today AT&T announced that they are dropping the NFL Network from all DIRECTV NOW and U-verse packages. This includes both the new and grandfathered DIRECTV NOW packages. This news comes as DIRECTV NOW added the NFL Network just last August. Now according to AT&T their deal with the NFL Network has ended. Important: AT&T has…
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Hulu Buys AT&T’s 9.5% Share of Hulu For $1.43 Billion
Today it was announced that Hulu has purchased AT&T’s 9.5% minority stake in Hulu for $1.43 billion. AT&T’s recent purchase of Time Warner gave them 10% ownership of Hulu but had no board seats. Now AT&T has agreed to sell that 9.5% share of Hulu back to Hulu for $1.43 billion. According to AT&T and…
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AT&T Watch TV Adds 4 New Viacom Channels But Still Costs Just $15
A few weeks ago AT&T and Viacom struck a new deal to keep Viacom networks on DIRECTV and U-verse TV. Last week AT&T added some Viacom channels to DIRECTV NOW and today AT&T added some Viacom channels to AT&T Watch TV. Starting today AT&T Watch TV customers will now find MTV, Nick, TV Land, and…