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...Selling part or all of DirectTV is the best call....
...The US telecoms group lost 544,000 premium TV subscribers, which brought its total to 22.4m, and its DirectTV Now streaming service shed 83,000 subscribers, leaving its customer base at 1.5m....
...AT&T lost 262,000 traditional television customers in the quarter, which was offset by new subscribers to its streaming service, DirectTV Now....
...The DirectTV business it bought in 2015 for $67bn has seen its subscriber count fall from 26m to 24m in the past few years....
...AT&T expects to report that it added 300,000 subscribers to its DirectTV Now service — an “over-the-top” (OTT) video service that bypasses traditional cable or satellite distributors by delivering content...
...The decline came despite the addition of 300,000 subscribers to its DirectTV Now service — an “over-the-top” video service that bypasses traditional cable or satellite distributors by delivering content...
DoJ complaint over carrying LA Dodgers network is bad timing for parent AT&T
...AT&T offers DirectTV now, a streaming television service, while Verizon has some exclusive rights to NFL games on mobile devices....
...On Tuesday, AT&T announced pricing for its new over-the-top video subscription product DirectTV Now which includes 100 premium channels and the cost of mobile streaming....
...that Starboard is seeking to install on Yahoo’s board are: * Tor Braham, former head of technology M&A at Deutsche Bank * Eddy Hartenstein, former chief executive of the Tribune company and ex-head of DirectTV...
...The move, which severs the link between DirectTV and AT&T’s satellite and internet infrastructure, is the latest attempt by a pay TV group to sign up millennial subscribers who have little interest in paying...
...“These two dynamics create a powerful incentive for AT&T to protect its investment in DirectTV . . . by using its ability to harm online video distributors,” Netflix said in the letter dated May 4....
...In addition to its purchases of DirectTV, Iusacell and Nextel Mexico, analysts also think it has spent as much as $20bn in a fiercely competitive auction of US spectrum....
...To that end it is acquiring DirectTV, the satellite TV group, for $48.5bn....
...Lazard has worked on some of the largest deals of 2014, including AT&T’s $67bn acquisition of DirectTV, Walgreens’ $37bn purchase of its remaining stake in Alliance Boots and the $27.4bn four-way transaction...
...Last year, Verizon completed its $130bn purchase of Vodafone’s stake in its wireless division, while AT&T is buying DirectTV, the satellite broadcaster, for $48.5bn and two Mexican telecoms networks for...
...The auction comes at a time of considerable capital expenditure for AT&T, which is also buying DirectTV, the satellite broadcaster, for $48.5bn and two Mexican telecoms networks for around $4bn....
...The distributors who deliver AMC content are getting bulkier by consolidating (Comcast/Time Warner Cable, AT&T/ DirectTV)....
...In recent years, networks such as Discovery increased the fees they charged Comcast, TWC, DirectTV and other distributors faster than the distributors could increase consumers’ prices....
...The terms includes a collar on the AT&T shares to be given to DirectTV shareholders....
...Regulators are expected to look more favourably on a tie-up between a wireless player and a satellite company, a combination that is also being pursued by AT&T and DirectTV. The prize is clear....
...AT&T sold the stake to win regulatory approval for its $48.5bn takeover of DirectTV, the satellite group that has a presence in several Latin American countries where Mr Slim also operates....
...The “retransmission” fees local stations earned from providing content to pay television distributors were growing – and they had aggressively bought up smaller rivals to build negotiating strength with DirectTV...
...Such a deal would still mean another transformative merger on the plate of regulators, who are already reviewing the deal between Comcast and Time Warner Cable and AT&T’s proposed acquisition of DirectTV...
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