AT&T to combine WarnerMedia assets with Discovery in blockbuster merger
The Turner networks and HBO are among the assets included in the deal.
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AT&T has sold 30 percent of DirecTV to TPG, will make DirecTV a standalone company that also includes U-verse and AT&T TV
This move gives AT&T some cash to pay down debt, and may have other flexibility benefits for both AT&T and the new DirecTV entity.
Dozens of Cox-owned stations off AT&T/DirecTV in carriage dispute, including four CBS affiliates ahead of Super Bowl LV
Those with AT&T or DirecTV packages in Seattle, Dayton, Eureka and Yuma may need to find alternate ways to watch the Super Bowl Sunday.
Potential AT&T/DirecTV carriage dispute with Cox Media Group stations could have Super Bowl implications in Seattle and Dayton
This affects ABC, Fox, NBC and CBS stations, but the CBS stations in Seattle and Dayton may be particularly important for the Super Bowl.
AT&T looks to have found a DirecTV investor in TPG, but for a minority stake rather than a full sale
AT&T may wind up not selling off all of DirecTV, but rather only a minority stake.
AT&T is running College Football Playoff National Championship ads featuring a hologram of Lee Corso
This was certainly an unusual advertising move.
More layoffs are in the works at Bleacher Report
These latest layoffs are expected to affect around 20 employees in Bleacher Report's UK office.
AT&T reportedly looking to sell DirecTV for less than half of the $49 billion they paid for it
AT&T bought DirecTV for $49 billion in 2015, but may only get $20 billion for it now.
AT&T reports losses of nearly 900,000 premium television subscribers in Q1 2020
It's hard to see this trend reversing in the future, either.
Several DirecTV channels have been just jumbled pixels for hours for many viewers
Channels including ESPN, NBCSN and FS1 all weren't working in high definition for many DirecTV subscribers Saturday.
AT&T/DirecTV considering giving up exclusive Sunday Ticket rights
AT&T and DirecTV has Sunday Ticket until 2022.
ACC Network is now available on AT&T U-verse and AT&T TV Now, leaving Comcast as the last big holdout
Another ACC Network holdout bites the dust.
Sinclair, AT&T/DirecTV locked in carriage dispute over local broadcast stations
This dispute could affect 136 local broadcast stations in 86 markets.
