AT&T Sells DirecTV Stake, Spins Out Pay-TV Services
AT&T officially affirmed last week that it will be selling a 30% stake in its DirecTV direct-to-home satellite operations to private equity investment firm TPG and will spin off the company into a new business. AT&T will continue to hold onto the remaining controlling stake…
Dish Settles `Do Not Call’ Telemarketing Dispute
Love getting all those spam telephone calls? Then here’s something that might bring music to your ears: Direct-to-home satellite TV operator Dish Network settled Friday an 11-year-old dispute with the U.S. government involving a $210 million telemarketing penalty for allegedly making “millions” of illegal calls…
New UEI Remote Brings Apple TV Integration To Pay-TV Services
Audio/Video accessories vendor Universal Electronics (UEI) will soon be offering a remote control designed to integrate use of cable, satellite or IPTV services apps through Apple TV 4K media streaming devices. The new remote, which is to be distributed to pay-TV service subscribers by their…
Report: AT&T Trying To Sell Legacy Pay-TV Services
The future status of the DirecTV satellite TV and U-verse telco-TV services could be changing again following reports that AT&T is talking to private equity firms to sell portions of certain legacy pay-TV assets. A report by CNBC citing sources familiar with negotiations Tuesday said…
DISH Inks NFL Carriage Deals Just In Time For The Action
Football season has finally arrived and DISH Network crossed the wire in the nick of time, reaching a deal with the National Football League (NFL Media) on a new carriage agreement for the NFL Network and NFL RedZone channels on its DISH satellite TV and…
Ergen Sees Merger With DirecTV DTH And DISH As ‘Inevitable’
Charlie Ergen, the founder and chairman of DISH Network and EchoStar, said on a Q2 financial call with analysts Friday that a merger between the two direct-to-home (DTH) satellite services, DirecTV and DISH, is likely inevitable. In light of AT&T’s difficulties maintaining DirecTV’s subscriber base…
NHK’s 8K Flagship Channel Facing Uncertain Future
The future of the world’s first 8K broadcast TV platform that was credited with helping ignite interest in a new generation of high resolution televisions now slowly gaining traction in the market, is faced with a channel cutdown decision, according to reports out of Japan….
AT&T Raises First Year Fees For New DirecTV, AT&T TV Customers
Despite the growth of the cord-cutting trend across the country, AT&T revealed Monday in a somewhat low-key way that it has raised rates for new subscribers to its DirecTV satellite TV and AT&T TV (new premium live streaming) services by listing higher monthly rates on…
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