Content provider Sinclair Broadcast Group went on the offensive in a retransmission dispute with AT&T today, issuing a press release that attempts to portray AT&T in a bad light in its role as pay-TV provider. “Millions of AT&T U-verse, DIRECTV…
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AT&T Investor Lawsuit Alleges Company Faked DirecTV Now Sales
AT&T and its senior leadership are being sued for what plaintiffs charge is the fabrication of thousands of customer accounts at its DirecTV business and then issuing misleading statements about the health of its flagship streaming product. According to the AT&T…
New OTT AT&T TV Service Launches in Some Markets and it Looks Familiar
AT&T’s new OTT TV service, AT&T TV, has trial launched in approximately 10 markets. The new service will become the company’s featured video service, ahead of legacy Directv and U-verse TV services. Markets that launched today include Orange and Riverside,…
AT&T Continues Directv Phase Out Plan, DIRECTV NOW to be Rebranded as AT&T TV Now
We first got wind of a shifting AT&T video strategy that will begin to de-emphasize satellite-delivered Directv for broadband delivered video back in September 2017. AT&T CEO revealed plans for a new video service that has since become known as…
AT&T Pay-TV Subscriber Losses Approach 1 Million in 2Q19, Surpasses 1.5 Million in 2019
Between Directv, U-verse TV, and the carrier’s streaming DirectvNow service, AT&T pay-TV subscriber losses amounted to 946K in 2Q19, just shy of 1 million. Satellite delivered Directv lost 778K subscribers alone. If you add AT&T’s 627K pay-TV subscriber losses in…
ATVA: Retransmission Battles Rage On, Record TV Blackouts in 2019 Already
The year is only a little more than halfway over, yet 2019 television blackouts already have reached the previous annual record, according to the American Television Alliance (ATVA). The year already has seen 213 blackouts in which broadcasters block video…
AT&T to Add Locast App to DIRECTV & U-Verse
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 30, 2019 — AT&T will add Locast’s interactive app on its DIRECTV and U-verse platforms starting today. Locast is a public service application that offers viewers with broadband-connected receivers access to their local ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX…
AT&T: WarnerMedia SVOD Will Be Our Lead Dog for Video
AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson told an investor conference this morning that its soon to launch SVOD service will be the company’s “key video product,” leading its video growth strategy. The service is scheduled to beta launch in the…
Report: Sports Programming Costs Average $18.55 Per User or 22.1% of ARPU
A new pay-TV programming cost report from Kagan, S&P Global Market Intelligence, contains a wealth of data that documents the steep rise in sports programming costs in recent years. Sports programming costs for 2018 averaged $18.55 per user and represented…
AT&T Debuts Two Slimmer Live TV Packages with HBO Included
DALLAS, March 12, 2019 — We know you love HBO—and NOW you won’t miss a moment when you stream with DIRECTV NOW! Tomorrow we’re debuting two new AT&T video packages that include premium access to HBO. With HBO, customers can now…
AT&T: Phase Out of Legacy Directv to Begin with AT&T Osprey STB
AT&T hopes to eliminate truck rolls on new Directv video installations by using a box dubbed “Osprey” in place of a satellite dish, said John Stephens, AT&T senior executive vice president and chief financial officer at an investor conference today….
Kagan Finds More Than a Million Multichannel Video Subscriber Losses in 4Q 2018
The decline of traditional multichannel video continued during the fourth quarter of last year as the sector lost almost 1.1 million subscriptions, according to Kagan, a research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. The video subscriber losses, which were from the…
