Sentences with phrase «own directv»

It's still early days for DirecTV Now, and there's plenty of time to address the errors and improve the customer service experience.

AT&T's new Internet - delivered cable TV service, DirecTV Now, has had its share of technical glitches in the early going.

AT&T has been pursuing video customers, by buying satellite service DirecTV and agreeing to acquire Time Warner (though that deal has been held up by antitrust cops).

Media watchers note that the company is diving into a crowded field, facing deep - pocketed rivals like Google's YouTube TV, Sony's PlayStation Vue, and AT&T's DirecTV Now.

There are plenty of reasons; if the merger goes through, the valuable Time Warner properties HBO, Cinemax, and CNN will belong to a major content distributor (AT&T) whose subsidiary DirecTV reaches the entire country.

AT&T (t) unveiled DirecTV Now in November, offering subscribers access to watch more than 100 cable TV channels over the Internet starting at $ 35 a month.

«While we understand we still have work to do, overall feedback on DirecTV Now has been very positive.

The government insists the combined company could insist that cable providers pay more for its networks — a particularly worrisome charge when you consider AT&T already owns DirecTV.

AT&T acknowledged some of the problems and said it was making frequent improvements in the DirecTV Now app.

The issue over refunds is arising because AT&T considers DirecTV Now a prepaid service, the company added.

AT&I nc has withdrawn its planned initial public offering of Vrio, its DirecTV business in Latin America, just hours before the new stock was to start trading.

The New York Times reports that regulators may want AT&T to divest either Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting unit, which includes CNN and other cable networks, or satellite television provider DirecTV.

My DirecTV Now package includes the local sports network that carries my beloved Celtics basketball games, but not the one with the Red Sox games.

Both services trail older rivals like DirecTV Now (which claims to have over 1 million subscribers) and Dish Network's Sling TV (roughly 2 million).

DirecTV and its competitors, including Google's YouTube TV and Dish Network's Sling TV, sure seem like a better deal than cable.

Several live - TV subscription streaming services offer users access to ABC's live feed, which will include the Oscars and related coverage, such as Hulu's live TV service, Google's YouTube TV, the Dish Network's Sling TV, AT&T's DirecTV, and Sony's PlayStation Vue.

There's no cable box for DirecTV Now — it arrives over the Internet.

I can't tell you if it'll be better than its closest competitors — Sony's PlayStation Vue, Dish's Sling TV, or AT&T's DirecTV Now — as a result.

They compete directly with the cable and satellite TV services offered by the major ISPs, as well the ISP's own Internet video bundles like AT&T's (t) DirecTV Now app.

Sources told Reuters earlier this month that the Justice Department had demanded significant asset sales in order to approve the deal and that it asked AT&T to sell either CNN - parent Turner or AT&T's DirecTV business.

The NFL also has partnership deals with DirecTV, Twitter, Google and Verizon to make it easier for fans to follow the latest news and watch their favorite teams while on the go.

The Financial Times first reported the Justice Department told AT&T it must sell CNN and later The New York Times reported either CNN or DirecTV must be sold.

Current broadband satellites, such as those from DirecTV and Dish Network, offer latency speeds around 600 milliseconds at best — many times slower than the 25 to 30 millisecond speeds SpaceX is expected to offer, according to FCC documents.

Even AT&T (t) has offered a more expensive unlimited plan to its DirecTV customers and now has 8 million signed up.

After companies from cable giant Comcast to satellite TV titan AT&T, which owns DirecTV, reported their fourth quarter results, the total number of pay TV subscribers dropped 3.4 % from a year earlier, the highest rate of decline since the trend of cord cutting emerged in 2010, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research reported on Thursday.

It added 368,000 to its cheaper DirecTV Now streaming service.

DirecTV and its competitors, including Google's (googl) YouTube TV and Dish Network's (dish) Sling TV, sure seem like a better deal than cable.

But offsetting the damage to the entertainment industry is the growing number of people signing up for packages of TV channels delivered over the Internet by services like Google's (googl) YouTube TV, Dish Network's (dish) Sling TV and AT&T's DirecTV Now.

Time Warner and AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless company which also owns DirecTV, announced their deal in October 2016, but it was not until last month that the Justice Department sued AT&T to block the deal, arguing it could raise prices for rivals and pay - TV subscribers and hamper the development of online video.

Competitor Sprint (s) also offers an inexpensive unlimited plan, while AT&T (t) offers unlimited plans only to customers of its DirecTV service.

For example, part of the reason AT&T merged with DirecTV in 2015 was to ensure it had enough spectrum to fulfill its customers» ever - growing use of content.

The two big names in the space, Sling TV and DirecTV Now, have been plagued with technical issues, as has Vue to some extent — though Vue reportedly has a much smaller subscriber base than Sling.

One thing this could mean: The new streaming TV bundles (vMVPDs), such as YouTube TV and DirecTV Now, aren't the savior the industry was hoping for — at least not yet.

DOJ demands CNN or DirecTV be sold as a condition for approval of the $ 85 billion AT&T - Time Warner deal.

AT&T's DirecTV satellite service lost 188,000 customers in the same period, driving down video revenue by $ 660 million despite growth of its own online streaming service.

Having Viacom content helps Charter add video subscribers at a time of increasing competition from virtual streaming services like Hulu and DirecTV Now, while Viacom is still heavily dependent on cable and satellite companies for distribution, according to Evercore ISI.

Antitrust lawyers were scratching their heads Wednesday over published reports that the Justice Department is insisting that AT&T sell its CNN cable network, or its DirecTV satellite television unit, if it wants to win approval to buy Time Warner.

Kay Koplovitz, USA Network founder, and Michael White, former DirecTV CEO, discuss Comcast's bid for U.K. broadcaster Sky and what it means for the media landscape.

Sources told CNBC that the Justice Department wants AT&T to sell Turner Broadcasting, which includes CNN, or DirecTV as condition for approval of the $ 85 billion AT&T - Time Warner deal.

Last week, CNBC reported the Justice Department could sue to block the takeover unless AT&T agrees to sell its DirecTV division or Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting, which owns CNN.

AT&T is planning on having its DirecTV Now streaming TV service, which the company thinks will be its main TV product by 2020, be totally zero - rated.

Former DirecTV CEO Michael White discusses the Justice Department's antitrust issues with the AT&T - Time Warner merger.

The New York Times later reported that either CNN or DirecTV must be sold.

Jon Klein, TAPP TV CEO and former CNN U.S. president, discusses the Department of Justice's demand that AT&T sell either Turner assets or DirecTV in order to get its deal for Time Warner done.

Major providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network have also launched slimmed - down streaming packages of live TV channels that omit many smaller networks.

Comcast's NBCUniversal is shutting down its Esquire Network cable channel, one month after it was dropped by DirecTV, and will re-launch it this spring as a digital - only brand, the company said on Wednesday.

The FCC told AT&T, in a letter reviewed Thursday by Reuters, that AT&T's DirecTV service and its zero - rated app «may obstruct competition and harm consumers» because it could be too expensive for rivals not affiliated with AT&T to sponsor data programs to compete.

The firm also raised its stakes in satellite television company DirecTV (DTV), Viacom (VIA) and Liberty Global (LBTYA).

The FCC letter from wireless telecommunication bureau chief Jon Wilkins said rival providers would face potential higher costs that DirecTV would not — including «overage fees and or reduced transmission fees» if subscribers exceeded allowances under their plan.

Contrary to what the name might imply, DIRECTV NOW does not require a dish.