Bankers Predicting Sale of DTV

[krynn]

Better have more than one ....

When att bought D*, I said they would sell it off ....
Of course, not for a profit ...
And more employees will get laid off due to the sale, and then trying to lower the cost of doing business.

hell i need more than one beer when i call customer service . i can't see them off loading it more so when it rakes in 2.5 billion for em a month. i really don't think anyone would want it other than dish and i think charlies strapped for cash right now with 5G

 

[krynn]

Should we believe what the bankers are saying about this?

bankers are like the goverment when there lips are moving there lying

 

[krynn]

maybe Comcast or Charter Spectrum could buy it so they can sell a product to rural america and don't need to install cables of any kind for the purpose of TV.

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there's no way in hell i would want charter rectum cable to buy DTV. customer service is crap and you think ATT is bad with hike increases rectum gouges you!!! look at voom they were owned by a cable co and flopped then dish bought them. and rectum is horrible at fixing there sh*t they make boxes that don't work need i go on

 

[Peter Parker]

Who would want it besides DISH?

It could be a buying opportunity for the Satellite Guys website. Billionaire Scott retains his interest in satellite broadcasting and is famous for making impulsive bets that pay off ina big way.

 

[comfortably_numb]

WWCD- What Would Charlie Do

 

[krynn]

It could be a buying opportunity for the Satellite Guys website. Billionaire Scott retains his interest in satellite broadcasting and is famous for making impulsive bets that pay off ina big way.

yep scott could buy DTV

 

[krynn]

fox news is like a boat..
it rides on the stormy seas of liberal tears it's better to be in the boat than washed overboard and drowning in the sea of liberal punditry

 

[slice1900]

Directv would sell for a minimum of $20 billion given how profitable it is (yes, it all doom and gloom and lost customers, but it is actually MORE profitable now than it was a few years ago with 6 million more customers)

Who is going to pony up that kind of money? No one, that's who. If AT&T wants to get rid of it they'll spin it off into a separate company. And I'll bet AT&T TV comes with it. I don't see why AT&T should want to be in the declining MVPD business when they have HBO Max.

 

[krynn]

what about subscriber gains i never see that posted

 

[navychop]

My understanding is that the plan is to create a (holding?) company to umbrella DTV and Dish. Perhaps more.

This is not my field of expertise. I can only imagine it is to avoid huge cash layouts. Somehow.

 

[EarDemon]

maybe Comcast or Charter Spectrum could buy it so they can sell a product to rural america and don't need to install cables of any kind for the purpose of TV.

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I was thinking the exact same thing!

If you remember your DBS history, the cable companies pretty much started the mini dish revolution in the early 90's with Primestar. Primestar was owed by Primestar Partners which was a consortium of the big cable companies at the time including Comcast, Cox and the defunct TWC and TCI. The whole purpose of Primestar was to sell satellite service where it wasn't profitable to run cable lines. It really wouldn't surprise me if this is at least attempted again. Comcast, Charter, Cox and maybe Altice teaming up to form an LLC to attempt the purchase of DirecTV. Think about it, satellite TV will stay in rural and remote areas where streaming is difficult. While the service is bleeding now, eventually it will stabilize. It's a captive audience. Also, the thing that everyone forgets, commercial subscribers. We are a long way off from having streaming in sports bars, gyms, hotels, hospitals, and dealership waiting rooms and DirecTV is the king of commercial. To me this makes a lot of sense.

To those that say the companies would be competing against their own services, look at AT&T. How many video platforms has that lousy company had in the past handful of years? Also look at the two Canadian providers. And on the flipside, just because you have competition doesn't mean the target audiences are the same. Look at Orby. DirecTV and Orby target two completely different audiences. The same can be said in the automotive world. On paper the Mustang, Camaro and Challenger all compete against each other, but in reality, they are geared toward specific audiences.

There would have to be some regulatory concessions. Most likely in the form of divesting some of their territories and meeting other requirements.

 

[dare2be]

I'll buy it. My opening bid stands at $10.

I'll bump my bid to $20. I already have submitted a trademark for the new name and domain registration.

Direc2Be

 

[krynn]

WWCD- What Would Charlie Do

isn't charlie strapped for cash now with his 5G

 

[krynn]

While I wouldn't be surprised to see this happen, I have to wonder how that will affect the carriage contracts that are used not only for satellite, but for all their streaming packages too.

i would think they would keep the carriage rights. after all they had uverse tv for like for ever

 

[krynn]

when i first seen this my thought was good news!!! i thought the same when ATT bought them.. now my thought is could someone worse buy it out. i always thought ATT screwed themselves when they bought it..i have been waiting to see a blog on shady signal or maybe youtubes if it proves to be true..

 

[krynn]

Thank god, because a dish merger is not happening on my watch.

good ole charie broke now

 

[krynn]

It could be a buying opportunity for the Satellite Guys website. Billionaire Scott retains his interest in satellite broadcasting and is famous for making impulsive bets that pay off ina big way.

i don't think scott would want it to risky of an investment

 

[Claude Greiner]

I did not realize you were such a swingin' di*k when it comes to cooperate mergers that you could prevent it.
Still bashing dish cuz Directv is so great.
They both suck balls for different reasons.

I'll go and speak infront of Congress.

Watch me

 

[Claude Greiner]

Satellite is dead!

Dish can't afford to take them on after agreeing on setting up their fake 5G network.

Comcast and Charter are not interested, as everything is going in the Direction of internet based delivery. Even if they did it would never pass approval from the government.

Best we can hope for is Directv is spun off as their own company or some totally different 3rd party buys then.

As long as Dish (another sinking ship) doesn't buy them, I'll be fine.

 

[CSM]

This Fiercevideo article says Apollo Managment day both DirecTV and Dish Network would be sold to Apollo Managment and and new SatelliteTV company would be formed.

AT&T under pressure again to sell DirecTV: report

AT&T is reportedly under pressure again to sell off its DirecTV business as the satellite TV industry continues to rapidly lose customers. | AT&T is reportedly under pressure again to sell off its DirecTV business as the satellite TV industry continues to rapidly lose customers.

www.fiercevideo.com

"Apollo Management reportedly suggested creating a new company and having AT&T offload DirectTV to the new company. Then, Dish Network would sell its satellite business to the new company."