Tag: DIRECTV
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AT&T Warns That DIRECTV, U-verse TV, & AT&T TV NOW Could Soon Lose Sinclair ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals
Last week Sinclair and AT&T agreed to a second short term extension to keep Sinclair locals on AT&T’s DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, U-Verse and more. Now it seems that a final deal has not been reached as last night AT&T started to run warning messages about Sinclair locals going dark on its TV services. What…
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DirecTV and Dish Merger Would Likely Be Approved
We’ve been hearing about a potential merger of DirecTV and Dish for years. With AT&T seemingly losing interest in the satellite service and losing subscribers quarter after quarter, the idea of the companies merging or AT&T selling the service off completely doesn’t sound too far-fetched. Now, according to a report from Fierce Video, Craig Moffett…
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DirecTV Considering Ending Exclusive Rights to NFL Sunday Ticket
DirecTV has long been the home of the NFL Sunday Ticket package. Now, parent company AT&T is considering making a deal which would make it a non-exclusive package. Currently, the deal is set to go through the 2022 regular season. AT&T is looking at allowing the package to move onto other platforms when that deal…
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AT&T Will Keep DirecTV Even With Dropping Subscriber Numbers
There has been talk of AT&T dropping DirecTV from its lineup after subscriber number have dropped dramatically. Now, John Stankey is saying that there is no plan for that to happen. Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that AT&T is entertaining the possibility of selling its DIRECTV satellite service. According to the report, AT&T…
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AT&T is Reportedly Considering Selling DIRECTV’s Satellite Service
UPDATE: CNBC is now disputing this story. You can read more here. Today The Wall Street Journal reported that AT&T is entertaining the possibility of selling its DIRECTV satellite service. According to the report, AT&T is “exploring parting ways with DIRECTV.” This comes a day after Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said that a merged DIRECTV…
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AT&T’s CEO Defends Buying DIRECTV & Time Warner Following Shareholder Concerns
Recently AT&T has been under fire for its TV efforts as they warn that a million TV customers could be lost int he 3rd quarter of 2019. Most noticeably was the investor group Elliott Management who is pushing for DIRECTV to be sold and new leadership be brought in at AT&T. Now AT&T’s CEO says…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV May Be Up For Sale if an Investor Has His Way
Yesterday the investment group Elliott Management announced it now owns $3.2 billion of AT&T stock and that it’s pushing for AT&T to sell off DIRECT. According to this long letter, AT&T purchased DIRECTV at its peak and its streaming version DIRECTV NOW (now called AT&T TV Now) has been “poorly executed.” Because of this, Elliott…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV Service Includes 11 Hidden Fees
We have all seen the crazy good offers for TV services. The catch is there are often hidden fees and taxes included with these services and DIRECTV is no different. DIRECTV comes with 11 different fees that can jump out and surprise you. That does not even include the taxes that will be added to…
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AT&T TV Costs as Much as DIRECTV But Offers Less
This week, AT&T started to roll out their new live TV streaming service AT&T TV. It is almost the same as the packages offered by DIRECTV and even the same price. (Yesterday, AT&T raised the price of DIRECTV to match AT&T TV.) What is shocking is the fact that even though you pay the same…
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AT&T is Raising The Price of DIRECTV $10 a Month For New Subscribers Effective Today
Before today you could get DIRECTV for $49.99 (plus fees and taxes) for a 12-month introductory offer. Now AT&T has announced that starting today DIRECTV’s basic Select package will be going up to $59.99 a month as an introductory offer good for 12 months. This is the second DIRECTV price hike in less than a…