Tag: AT&T
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AT&T Plans to Double LTE Speeds in 500 Markets This Year
Yesterday AT&T announced plans to double their LTE speeds in 500 markets thanks to their investment in FirstNet. FirstNet is the wireless network used by first responders and AT&T is upgrading their system in response to their FirstNet contract. AT&T will be physically upgrading towers in over 500 markets. “We have to climb every cell…
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AT&T Plans to Launch a Streaming Version of DIRECT BY The End of The Year
Today at the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit AT&T CEO John Donovan announced they plan to release a streaming-only version of their DIRECTV satellite service. Now, this won’t be DIRECTV NOW but almost a one for one copy of DIRECTV streaming online. So why make this move well it is far cheaper to add a new streaming…
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DIRECTV NOW’s DVR is Now Live Their Site & You Can Get Extra Streams For $5
Today DIRECTV NOW updated their website and added their new DVR. Well, the apps have yet to be updated the DIRECTVNOW.com website now includes the ability to access the DVR. Hopefully, the apps will soon also be updated. Update: DIRECTV NOW just officially announced the new DIRECTV NOW app, DVR, & More. You can learn…
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The AT&T Time Warner Trial Is Over—Now We Wait
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial has come to a close. Now both sides need to wait as the judge works on his final ruling. The Department of Justice has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell all or part of the Turner Broadcasting Group—the group of cable networks that includes CNN—or to sell off…
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DIRECTV NOW Just Made Their Apple TV Deal Even Better
If you missed out on the Apple TV 4K if you prepay for 3 months of DIRECTV NOW we have good news for you. It looks like AT&T has quietly brought back their get an Apple TV 4K 32GB deal if you prepay for 4 months of DIRECTV NOW. Back in March they switched it…
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DIRECTV NOW’s Apple TV Deal Has Been Extended
If you want an Apple TV 4K, we have good news for you as DIRECTV NOW has once again extended their Apple TV deal. Originally the deal was to end in March but was pushed back to April 30th, 2018. Now AT&T has pushed it back to the end of May 2018. With this deal, if…
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AT&T Has a Plan to Make DIRECTV NOW More Profitable
Recently AT&T announced their 1st quarter 2018 earnings and earnings went down slightly. Now AT&T has a new plan to replace revenues recently lost with the help of DIRECTV NOW. “We continue to see challenges in the linear model and see opportunity in DirecTV Now,” AT&T CFO John Stephens said. “With the new platform, you’ll…
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AT&T Wireless Customers Can Get Big Discounts on DIRECTV NOW
Recently, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson discussed plans for a new DIRECTV NOW package during a trial about the merger with Time Warner. Today, we thought it would be a great time to take a look at plans currently offered for AT&T customers, and what the new plan will look like. DIRECTV NOW Plans (Without a…
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DIRECTV NOW Tops 1.46 Million Subscribers
Today AT&T reported their 1st quarter 2018 numbers giving us a fresh look at how DIRECTV NOW is doing. According to AT&T DIRECTV NOW has reached 1.46 million subscribers as of March 2018. The gains DIRECTV NOW saw helped offset the losses in their traditional pay TV services. In the 1st quarter of 2017, AT&T had 25.37 million…
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AT&T Is Adding DIRECTV NOW to the My AT&T App
For months AT&T has been saying they plan to merge DIRECTV NOW and DIRECTV. Recently they merged the AT&T logins with the DIRECTV NOW logins. This week AT&T started to move the DIRECTV NOW login page over to the A&T login page. Now AT&T has added DIRECTV NOW to the My AT&T app. As of…