AT&T: More Bad News For DIRECTV, U-verse
DIRECTV lost a net of 147,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter while AT&T’s U-Verse lost 60,000 in the time period, AT&T announced today. The telco also [...]
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AT&T & DIRECTV Reach Deal With American Spirit Media
AT&T has reached a new carriage deal with American Spirit Media, ending a four-month blackout of the broadcaster’s local channels on both AT&T’s U-verse [...]
Broadcaster Urges DIRECTV Subs to Seek Refunds In Fee Fight
The fee fight between AT&T/DIRECTV and seven local stations owned by American Spirit Media has entered its fourth month with the broadcaster urging AT&T’s [...]
AT&T’s U-verse Becomes 6th Major Pay TV Op to Hike Prices
AT&T’s U-verse TV today became the sixth major pay TV provider to announce a press increase for existing subscribers’ video plans for 2018. The increase, [...]
AT&T’s U-Verse Loses 2 More Local Stations In Fee Fight
AT&T’s U-verse TV service lost two more local stations last night due to a fee fight with their owner, Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. The stations — WRCB-TV, the NBC [...]
DIRECTV Now: Will It Ever Be On PlayStation & XBox?
News Analysis DIRECTV Now just celebrated its first birthday (debuted November 30, 2016) and AT&T lit the candles by announcing the live streaming service now has more [...]
DIRECTV Price Increase Helps DIRECTV Now
News Analysis There were two developments yesterday in the TV technology world — both coming from AT&T — and they could not be any more linked. 1. AT&T [...]
AT&T & DIRECTV: One Blackout Ends; 2 More Continue
AT&T’s U-verse is once again carrying three Capitol Broadcasting-owned local stations in North Carolina after the two companies agreed to a new carriage pact. The [...]
DIRECTV, U-verse Hold Free Preview Of 4 Premium Channels
DIRECTV and U-verse will hold a free preview of four premium channels during the binge-worthy Thanksgiving weekend — HBO, Starz, Showtime and Cinemax. The preview will [...]
Justice Department Sues to Block AT&T-Time Warner; Now What?
News and Analysis The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit attempting to block the $85 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner, as I predicted it would last [...]
Study: Top Pay TV Ops Lost 405,000 Subs In 3Q
The 10 largest pay TV operators lost 405,000 net video subscribers in the third quarter, compared to a loss of 250,000 in last year’s third quarter, according to [...]
AT&T Wants You to ‘Watch TV’
AT&T has filed a trademark application for the logo, Watch TV, which would be used for an app that streams content to a variety of devices, including computers, tablets, [...]