Category Archives for DirecTV

AT&T Reports Expected Revenue Growth From DirecTV

AT&T has announced that it expects its earnings and revenue to improve through to 2018. The forecast is based on expected gains from its new purchase DirecTV and also from its diversification into Mexico. However, the company has warned that even though the revenue will increase, it will have to increase capital expenditure to make […]

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AT&T Paying DirecTV Customers to Switch Mobile Networks

AT&T recently completed its acquisition of DirecTV after the deal achieved approval from the FCC. After the merger, AT&T became the biggest pay-TV provider in the US. Also, the ISP gained thousands of potential customers for its mobile phone services. Now AT&T wants to take the takeover a step further. The ISP is looking to […]

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DirecTV Wants Out of Discrimination Case

DirecTV has filed to be excluded from a racial discrimination case citing “undue prejudice” for their unexpected move. It is more than six months since the company was slapped with a $10 billion lawsuit but the company that offers satellite television is seeking to be excluded from the proceedings. In a motion filed by attorneys […]

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AT&T Takeover of DirecTV Well on Course

It has now emerged that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will accelerate its review of a takeover bid by AT&T of satellite TV dealer DirecTV. This is after a ruling by the US Court of Appeals that unlocked a standing dispute between TV programmers and FCC. Some of the programmers involved in the case include […]

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FCC Resumes Review Of ISP Deals

The FCC has embarked on a fresh 180 day review of pending ISP deals. These are the AT&T and DirecTV deal, and the Comcast and Time Warner Cable deal. The commission had earlier in October put a hold to the reviews of these deals due to opposition from program providers in the industry who it […]

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