Tag: AT&T
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AT&T Will Soon Own Over Nine Streaming Services Including Crunchyroll, DIRECTV NOW, & VRV
If you are trying to figure out AT&T’s streaming plans you may need a to start taking notes. Right now, AT&T has over nine streaming services live or launching soon. These services include Crunchyroll, VRV, FullScreen, Rooster Teeth, DIRECTV NOW, AT&T Watch TV, and HBO NOW. AT&T also owns 10% of Hulu. To make things…
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AT&T’s New Streaming Service Will Rely Heavily on HBO Content
AT&T recently announced plans to launch an on-demand streaming service. According to AT&T, their new on-demand service will launch in the fourth quarter of 2019 and it will include three levels: a basic entry-level option that will offer movies, a premium service level with original HBO programming and “blockbuster movies,” and a final level that…
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DIRECTV’s Streaming Service Will Be Cheaper Than DIRECTV NOW
This week AT&T’s Chief Randall Stephenson revealed more about the future of DIRECTV NOW and the new DIRECTV streaming version launching in 2019. According to Stephenson, DIRECTV’s new streaming service will cost less than DIRECTV NOW. This comes as AT&T announces plans to thin out DIRECTV NOW by dropping channels with a goal of keeping…
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Report: Hulu & AT&T Are Working On Videos Ads When You Pause a Show
Today it was reported that both Hulu and AT&T are testing out full video ads when you pause a show. Now if you pause your TV show, AT&T and Hulu hope to place ads on that. This is nothing new but what is new is replacing it with a video ad that fills all or…
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DIRECTV NOW’s Future Is Unknown
Recently AT&T made two announcements that will likely represent a major change of direction for DIRECTV NOW. First, AT&T announced a third live TV streaming service with the launch of a DIRECTV streaming (along with AT&T Watch TV). AT&T also announced that they expect DIRECTV NOW to lose subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018…
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AT&T Just Made Cord Cutting Harder
This week AT&T announced they are putting an end to prorated credits if you cancel their service. For example, right now if you cancel DIRECTV on December 15, they would credit you for the rest of December that you didn’t use. (Assuming your contract had ended.) Now if you cancel on or after the first…
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AT&T Plans to End Their Satellite DIRECTV & Focus on Streaming
This week during their annual analysts meeting, AT&T announced plans to put an end to their satellite TV service. “We’ve launched our last satellite,” John Donovan, CEO of AT&T Communications, said during the meeting. This lines up well with a 2016 report that AT&T planned to have streaming as their primary TV service in 2020 to…
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AT&T Gives New Details About Their Upcoming On-Demand Streaming Service
This week AT&T held their annual Analysts Days to discuss strategies for 2019. Part of that talk was about a new planned streaming service with their newly acquired WarnerMedia. According to AT&T, their new on-demand service will launch in the fourth quarter of 2019. The new service will include three levels: a basic entry-level option…
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Review: AT&T’s New DIRECTV NOW Streaming Player (Powered by Android TV)
This week Cord Cutters News went hands-on with the new AT&T streaming player for DIRECTV NOW. You can find our full review on YouTube here: This new device is likely to be used for both DIRECTV NOW and a new DIRECTV streaming version AT&T announced last year. The device is an Android TV-powered streaming player called…
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Disney May Soon Have 100% Ownership of Hulu
Today it was reported that AT&T may be willing to sell their 10% share of Hulu to Disney. Right, now Disney already owns 30% of Hulu and a deal is already in place to buy FOX’s 30% share of Hulu. This will give Disney 60% ownership of Hulu likely in 2019. Comcast owns the last…