Thats Not gonna happen ....
The reason they are going to get D* in the first place is so they can cover a larger area across the US. U Verse is limited in where it can be.
AT&T To Buy DIRECTV for $67 Billion
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The reason they are going to get D* in the first place is so they can cover a larger area across the US. U Verse is limited in where it can be.
However, they may get more money for going one way or the other.
I know they are pushing U Verse whenever they can, mainly they make money with sales, ANY SALES, so had you had U Verse, the conversation may have went the other way, don't know.
The Rep should never put one service against another , at any time.
At this time the merger is on hold.
http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/...mcast-time-warner-cable-t-directv-mergers.htm
http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/...mcast-time-warner-cable-t-directv-mergers.htm
Or revealed either.
revile: To revile is to criticize in an abusive or hostile way, or to spread negative information about.
reviled also just not on this forum besides a few criticism here or there, just not out of controlOr revealed either.
revile: To revile is to criticize in an abusive or hostile way, or to spread negative information about.
You obvoiusly haven't read the whole thread ....reviled also just not on this forum besides a few criticism here or there, just not out of control
There is a huge section of strictly Negative articles.
That has died down of late, but was happening daily for awhile.
But I think that he means the back & forth criticizing one another that can sometimes happen & then descend into reviling each other,kind of like "Jane,you ignorant ....",well,you get the message.
The disadvantage there is that if they switch you to DIRECTV, they lose their upgrade path.
Not surprising since the typical DIRECTV subscriber seems to have very little to gain from the merger.
I hope this happens. I love my DirecTV. I assume then there would be bundles, like Cell Phone, DirecTV, and Internet through AT&T.
I would hope my town would be smart enough to go with DirecTV. Right now it's TWC and Verizon DSL as our choices here.
Sending incumbents packing rarely happens in franchising situations. It will be even more unlikely if the simultaneously considered Comcast+TWC merger goes through.
NAB: Release of Contracts in Merger Review 'Unlawful'
"Given the serious issues presented and the immediate and irreparable harm that will befall NAB’s members, this Court should stay the effect of the FCC’s Order while it carefully evaluates whether the FCC’s disclosure order violates the Trade Secrets Act and the Administrative Procedure Act," NAB said. A three-judge panel of the court — Judges Brett Kavanaugh, Cornelia Pillard and Judith Rogers — Friday granted at least a brief stay of the FCC's Nov. 10 order that would have allowed the commission to start making the contracts, memos, emails and other documents available starting Monday at 3 p.m..
The court said it wanted more time to consider the motion and that the stay — which was literally a "brief" stay because it was to allow for briefs to be filed — should not be construed as a ruling on the merits of the stay. So, the court's stay was on its own motion, rather than in response to the content companies' request for the stay.
The court had asked for a brief from the FCC and its backers by Monday and from content companies seeking the stay by Wednesday.
Content companies filed their latest volley Nov.13 in the ongoing legal battle over the FCC's decision to allow third-party viewing of highly sensitive programming contracts as part of the review of the Comcast/Time Warner Cable and AT&T/DirecTV merger reviews. It was actually the re-filing of a previous court request made only days ago.
The companies filed a stay request with the court Nov. 10, but that was a stay of a Media Bureau decision to allow potentially hundreds of third parties access hundreds of thousands of pages of those documents and the memos and emails about how the deals were done. The bureau Wednesday released the modifications it made to protective orders. A politically divided commission then voted to uphold that bureau decision Monday after the companies had already filed, so they had to amend the filing to reflect that they were now challenging a full commission decision.
The petition asserts that the FCC's decision "violates the Trade Secrets Act and the Administrative Procedures Act, and will cause substantial, irreparable harm to Petitioners and the highly competitive programming marketplace in which they operate."
Source & More: broadcastingcable.com
"Given the serious issues presented and the immediate and irreparable harm that will befall NAB’s members, this Court should stay the effect of the FCC’s Order while it carefully evaluates whether the FCC’s disclosure order violates the Trade Secrets Act and the Administrative Procedure Act," NAB said. A three-judge panel of the court — Judges Brett Kavanaugh, Cornelia Pillard and Judith Rogers — Friday granted at least a brief stay of the FCC's Nov. 10 order that would have allowed the commission to start making the contracts, memos, emails and other documents available starting Monday at 3 p.m..
The court said it wanted more time to consider the motion and that the stay — which was literally a "brief" stay because it was to allow for briefs to be filed — should not be construed as a ruling on the merits of the stay. So, the court's stay was on its own motion, rather than in response to the content companies' request for the stay.
The court had asked for a brief from the FCC and its backers by Monday and from content companies seeking the stay by Wednesday.
Content companies filed their latest volley Nov.13 in the ongoing legal battle over the FCC's decision to allow third-party viewing of highly sensitive programming contracts as part of the review of the Comcast/Time Warner Cable and AT&T/DirecTV merger reviews. It was actually the re-filing of a previous court request made only days ago.
The companies filed a stay request with the court Nov. 10, but that was a stay of a Media Bureau decision to allow potentially hundreds of third parties access hundreds of thousands of pages of those documents and the memos and emails about how the deals were done. The bureau Wednesday released the modifications it made to protective orders. A politically divided commission then voted to uphold that bureau decision Monday after the companies had already filed, so they had to amend the filing to reflect that they were now challenging a full commission decision.
The petition asserts that the FCC's decision "violates the Trade Secrets Act and the Administrative Procedures Act, and will cause substantial, irreparable harm to Petitioners and the highly competitive programming marketplace in which they operate."
Source & More: broadcastingcable.com
Cleared another hurdle.
Directv owns a big chunk of the biggest satellite tv provider in Mexico and AT&T has just announced the purchase of the #4 wireless carrier in Mexico.
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/n...uthorities-approve-proposed-at-t-directv.html
Directv owns a big chunk of the biggest satellite tv provider in Mexico and AT&T has just announced the purchase of the #4 wireless carrier in Mexico.
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/n...uthorities-approve-proposed-at-t-directv.html
Well now AT&T claims that the FCC misunderstood their press releases and they are not really going to cut back on the gigabit to home markets... Of course AT&T now realizes that they are being reviewed and have silenced any talk of not expanding gigabit internet connections: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Gets-ATT-to-Back-Off-Its-Fiber-Deployment-Freeze-Bluff-131520
DIRECTV's leadership and shareholders think it is the right thing to do and that AT&T is the right partner.
What would you recommend as an alternative to remain competitive against the multi-platform players?
DIRECTV shareholders have a very different view of what should happen compared to DIRECTV customers. Customers of DIRECTV have to put up with what will happen to the service long after the shareholders get their cash and go away.
I am not a DIRECTV sub, but I would be very worried if AT&T took over DIRECTV. AT&T has a history of investing the minimum amount necessary to deliver their service. DIRECTV has always had the reputation of going above and beyond the customer's expectation to deliver the best possible service.
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