AT&T exploring Deal to sell off DIRECTV.

[CSM]

Here is another article saying a Dish Network merger might not make sense if they get broadband to rural areas. They are saying SatelliteTV will be obsolete if that happens.

Deeper Dive—A DirecTV-Dish Network merger may no longer make sense

DirecTV may once again on the chopping block at AT&T. | DirecTV may once again on the chopping block at AT&T. Merging the troubled satellite provider with Dish was once a prevailing plan, but it may no longer make sense.

www.fiercevideo.com

 

[Claude Greiner]

Long in the tooth?? Minus the amount of simultaneous recordings at once I would love to know what features you think the Hopper has over Tivo. The Bolt and Edge run circles around the H3. Not even getting into the Hopper interface looks like it is from Nintendo game

Exactly.

The only difference is the number of tuners and to be honest I’m getting by with 6 just fine.

Also what’s better the Tivo logo or that stupid red kangaroo when you fire the thing up.

 

[CSM]

This Varitey.com video report has a good saying about what is going on at AT&T Stankey is having a garage sale.

AT&T Fire Sale: (Almost) Everything Must Go to Pay Down Debt

The AT&T rumor mill is in overdrive, as a flurry of recent reports suggest the telecom giant is looking to sell off several of its underperforming assets, including DirecTV, ad-tech unit Xandr and some regional sports networks. Variety Intelligence Platform media analyst & correspondent Heidi...

variety.com

 

[Claude Greiner]

AT&T shouldn’t have gone on a buying spree 6 years ago.

I hope they sell the RSN’s to Sinclair

 

[Michael McCrady]

Look at who owns frontier

Frontier has bought a lot of POTS assets. Not just att. Most of the POTS companies were wanting to move away from it completely as the networks were in dire need of upgrading and fiber backing. So they’re one of the few companies combining the networks together.

personally I don’t think att knows what they do half the time. Years ago I’ve had them for cable internet, then later dsl internet. Seems like they do a lot of buying and selling parts of their business. Could never figure out why. I’ve seen them offer phone service, and now a lot of areas it’s voip.

 

[Juan]

Frontier is $.27 cents a share...they wont be around much longer

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[ncted]

Frontier is $.27 cents a share...they wont be around much longer

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What do you think is going to happen to them? Their bankruptcy hearings indicate they plan to become a FTTH provider as they exit reorganization.

 

[Juan]

I think the parts go back to where they came from

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[ncted]

Exactly.

The only difference is the number of tuners and to be honest I’m getting by with 6 just fine.

Also what’s better the Tivo logo or that stupid red kangaroo when you fire the thing up.

Sorry, but TE4 is a mess. Preroll ads are hugely unpopular and buggy. A perusal of TC shows lots of people leaving Tivo and Tivo leaving its customers behind with their new streaming stick (a rebranded Dish product BTW) being incompatible with their DVRs. Now, are many of them switching to Dish? No, but the Hopper3 is the pinnacle of DVRs, both in technical capabilities user experience. It isn't perfect, and it is unlikely to get any better due to the declining customer base, but the same is true of all DVRs at this point.

 

[ncted]

I think the parts go back to where they came from

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Excellent. Can't wait to get my GTE POTS service back.

 

[Juan]

There was a lot of fios in cali and florida that was given away...and then just wasted by frontier..totally destroyed

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[ncted]

There was a lot of fios in cali and florida that was given away...and then just wasted by frontier..totally destroyed

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Yes, very true. Hey, maybe Frontier will want to buy half of DirecTV once they are out of administration!

 

[Jimbo]

Frontier is $.27 cents a share...they wont be around much longer

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What was it a Year ago this time ?

 

[Jimbo]

Yes, very true. Hey, maybe Frontier will want to buy half of DirecTV once they are out of administration!

I sure hope Not ....

 

[Juan]

What was it a Year ago this time ?

They had a 15 for 1 reverse split and then dropped back down...i had 5 shares that turned into 1/3 a share

 

[Jimbo]

They had a 15 for 1 reverse split and then dropped back down...i had 5 shares that turned into 1/3 a share

Regardless, your not making money with thier stock ...

 

[Juan]

Regardless, your not making money with thier stock ...

Of course not!!!.. lets say you bought 15 shares at $1... those shares dropped to 20 cents...they took those 15 shares back and gave you one share worth $2.50... now that one share is worth 20 cents..hope that is clearer

 

[Jimbo]

Of course not!!!.. lets say you bought 15 shares at $1... those shares dropped to 20 cents...they took those 15 shares back and gave you one share worth $2.50... now that one share is worth 20 cents..hope that is clearer

Going no where fast !

It was perfectly clear the 1st time ...

 

[NashGuy]

AT&T shouldn’t have gone on a buying spree 6 years ago.

I hope they sell the RSN’s to Sinclair

Yeah, Sinclair is the rumored buyer of AT&T's RSNs. Would anyone else want them? No one else comes to mind, really.

As for AT&T's previous purchases -- interesting to imagine where they would be right now if they had passed on the DTV acquisition and instead just plowed half that money into additional FTTH build-out.

 

[CSM]

Yeah, Sinclair is the rumored buyer of AT&T's RSNs. Would anyone else want them? No one else comes to mind, really.

As for AT&T's previous purchases -- interesting to imagine where they would be right now if they had passed on the DTV acquisition and instead just plowed half that money into additional FTTH build-out.

Would they have gotten more UVerseTV subscribers by going all fiber than buying DTV? Their boxes and guide would have needed to been updated. Even updating to all fiber they would have to up the bitrate to handle 4K.