AT&T considers getting rid of DirecTV as TV business tanks, WSJ reports

Posted by JaimeThompson on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:19PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/att-considers-getting-rid-of-directv-as-tv-business-tanks-wsj-reports/

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Re:AT&T considers getting rid of DirecTV as TV business tank... by situational87 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:45PM (#21012437)

>The Journal report doesn't use the word "sale" to describe what AT&T is considering, but the end result could be AT&T no longer owning DirecTV.

You don't have to repeat corporate nonsense-speak that makes them sound like less of a failure. If they are selling the unit then write that they are selling it. Stop letting your source put their dumb spin on it.

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Re:AT&T considers getting rid of DirecTV as TV business tank... by JaimeThompson on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:46PM (#21012443)

Maybe it is just me but from a long term revenue / profit standpoint all that money they spend on satellite TV would have been better spent on Fiber.

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Re:AT&T considers getting rid of DirecTV as TV business tank... by bwip on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:23PM (#21012642)

AT&T has so, so many OTT streaming assets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Warner...

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Re:AT&T considers getting rid of DirecTV as TV business tank... by CMRoxburgh on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:36PM (#21012378)

TV is going the way of the dinosaur, my kids would rather watch video on their phone than the TV.

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