TIME WARNER BOUGHT BY AT&T Large corporations seldom make such important decisions quickly. They announce potential mergers and buyouts months in advance. Last week, though, we witnessed a rare exception. Late in the week, the TV industry press was abuzz…Continue Reading →
DIRECTV NOW STREAMING VIDEO PLATFORM FINALIZED AT&T Hints at New Streaming Platform In March, several months before AT&T’s purchase of DirecTV was approved by the FCC, the telecom giant said that its satellite system subsidiary would offer DirecTV Now, a…Continue Reading →
FIXED WIRELESS INTERNET FROM AT&T Extending the Company’s Reach AT&T is seeking new ways to bring internet service to America. The footprint for AT&T’s wireline internet infrastructure is massive, but it’s not infinite. Millions of potential customers are beyond its…Continue Reading →
Viacom Signs with DirecTV Now AT&T continues to pick up licensing rights for its highly anticipated internet video streaming platform. On Tuesday, the telecom giant said that it has signed a multiyear contract with Viacom, Inc. Under terms of the…Continue Reading →
CHANNEL BUNDLES TRIMMED BY BROADCASTERS This was bound to happen sooner or later. Every action in one segment of the TV industry provokes reactions in all other segments, and weight loss for one leads to weight loss for all. Streaming…Continue Reading →
SCRIPPS ADDED TO DIRECTV NOW AT&T’s Move into Internet Video Streaming When buying DirecTV last year, AT&T promised aggressive moves into internet video streaming. The company offered more detail about the project early this year. AT&T would offer three streaming…Continue Reading →
NBC STREAMING VIDEO WITH AT&T When AT&T bought DirecTV last year, it promised an aggressive move into internet video streaming. The telecom giant took a big step in fulfilling that pledge a few months ago. It announced last March that…Continue Reading →
HIGHER DATA CAPS WITH AT&T Are you a heavy web surfer? Do you play interactive video games? Is your household likely to have multiple devices connected to the web at one time? Do you frequently download HD video? Do you…Continue Reading →
MOBILE VIDEO STREAMING FROM AT&T Millennials, much more than older consumers, tend to be ‘cord-cutters’. They often scorn fixed home cable or satellite TV. They tend to prefer streaming internet video to mobile devices, and can be unreceptive to pitches…Continue Reading →
UNLIMITED DATA FROM AT&T Competition in the home internet market intensifies almost every passing month. AT&T is one of the first major internet service providers promising to lift data caps for certain subscribers. The telecom giant said it will launch…Continue Reading →