Tag: AT&T
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AT&T-Time Warner Antitrust Trial Date Set For March 19th
Today it was announced that the Department of Justice lawsuit to block the AT&T merger with Time Warner will be in court on March 19th 2018. This will cut it very close to AT&T’s April 22nd, 2018 date for the deal to end if no ruling has been reached and the Judge did warn that…
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AT&T Is Hoping DIRECTV NOW Will “Yield Higher Customer Lifetime Value”
For years now traditional pay-TV services have been looking for ways to fight cord cutting. Now AT&T seems to have found their solution with DIRECTV NOW according to analyst Scott Goldman. “The company’s top strategy to mitigate cord-cutting is DIRECTV NOW,” wrote Jefferies analyst Scott Goldman, who presented his take after meeting with AT&T management.…
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DIRECTV NOW Is Rolling Out DVR Beta Access to Non-AT&T Customers
For months now AT&T has been rolling out access to the DIRECTV NOW DVR beta, but you had to be an AT&T customer. Now it looks like DIRECTV NOW has dropped that requirement. Yesterday DIRECTV NOW rolled out a large number of invites to DIRECTV NOW and for the first time (to our knowledge) you…
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AT&T is Fighting Back Against the DOJ Lawsuit
Well, it looks like AT&T is not going to take the DOJ lawsuit to block their purchase of Time Warner laying down. (The TV company, not the cable company.) Now AT&T is making it clear they are willing to offer concessions but are not willing to sell assets. Today during a speech at The Economic…
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AT&T Gives Themselves More Time to Close the Time Warner Deal After DOJ Lawsuit
After the recent lawsuit from the Department of Justice AT&T has pushed back the termination deadline for its planned $108.7 billion purchase of Time Warner. After announcing plans to push back the deadline today AT&T officially filed with the SEC for more time to close their Time Warner deal. This deal will give AT&T ownership…
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AT&T Issues a Statement on The DOJ Lawsuit to Blocking Their Acquisition of Time Warner
Yesterday it was reported was later disputed but never completely disproven. Now Reuters has reported that the Justice Department plans to sue AT&T to prevent it from buying Time Warner. According to the Justice Department, the sale could be a “major antitrust matter.” Now AT&T has replied to the DOJ lawsuit with an official statement: “Today’s…
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Report: The Justice Department Plans to Sue AT&T to Block Time Warner Purchase
For some time now we have heard the Justice Department was concerned about AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner. It was first reported by the New York Times that the Depart of Justice has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell Turner Broadcasting Group the group of cable networks including CNN as a potential requirement for approving…
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DIRECTV NOW Reduces the Discount for AT&T Unlimited Customers
Recently AT&T quietly cut the DIRECTV NOW discount they give AT&T Unlimited subscribers. Previously if you had AT&T Unlimited you would get $25 off any DIRECTV NOW package you select. Now AT&T Unlimited customers will get $15 a month discount off any DIRECTV NOW package. It is important to remember AT&T has always said, “Pricing…
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DIRECTV NOW Tops 900,000 Subscribers
DIRECTV NOW’s growth is skyrocketing according to a recent report. Recently it was reported that at the start of October 2017 DIRECTV NOW had 800,000 subscribers. This week DIRECTV NOW’s Chief Financial Officer John Stephens announced DIRECTV NOW just topped 900,000 subscribers. “We had great results on DIRECTV NOW right now. We’re up to 800,000.…
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AT&T & Verizon Are Teaming Up to Build New Cellphone Towers
Increasingly streaming is going wireless and AT&T and Verizon are teaming up to be ready for the demand. Today AT&T and Verizon announced that they have teamed up with Tillman Infrastructure to build hundreds of cell phone towers. “We continue to focus on technology innovation and investing in the latest software platforms to provide the…