DirecTV Buys Rival Dish as It Fights the Onslaught of Streaming Services
DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant.
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Nolte: Desperate Disney Offers 80% off Faltering Streaming Service
Disney is so desperate to attract subscribers to Disney+ that the price has been slashed to just $1.99 a month.
Nolte: DirecTV Complaint Seeks to Blow Apart Rigged Cable Bundling Forever
These gangsters just ran into a judge who gets it and the whole rigged system could come down.
DirecTV Clobbered By Angry Customers Threatening to Cancel over ESPN Blackout Amid Disney Dispute
DirecTV is being clobbered by angry customers threatening to cancel their subscriptions over an ESPN blackout while the television services company faces a contract battle with the Walt Disney Company, which is a majority owners of the cable sports channel.
Nolte: Cable TV’s Collapse Now Seen as Inevitable — and That’s a Good Thing
Pay TV lost 1.6 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2024, and “there doesn’t seem to be any reason for those losses to stop.”
DirecTV Offers $20 Credit During Disney Carriage Dispute – Here’s How You Can Claim It
PayTV giant DirecTV is offering a $20 credit to customers missing programing by the Walt Disney Company during a dispute over carriage rights.
ABC Blackout on DirecTV Threatens Donald Trump, Kamala Harris Presidential Debate
The ongoing fight between the Walt Disney Company and DirecTV means potentially millions of households won’t be able to watch next week’s presidential debate on ABC, as the Disney-owned network is currently blacked out to DirecTV subscribers.
Disney Networks ABC, ESPN Go Dark on DirecTV Impacting 11 Million+ Outraged Subscribers
Walt Disney and satellite TV provider DirecTV have failed to agree a fresh distribution deal for ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned networks, with the companies confirming Sunday upwards of 11 million DirecTV subscribers now lose access as a result.
Jury Orders NFL to Pay Nearly $4.8 billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ Case for Violating Antitrust Laws
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.
Exclusive: State Financial Officers Allege AT&T’s Discrimination Against Conservative News Outlets May Violate Fiduciary Duty, Demand Answers
Ten state financial officers sent a letter to AT&T’s Board of Directors, first seen by Breitbart News, claiming the company may be violating its fiduciary duty to its shareholders by discriminating against conservative news outlets.
Major Jewish Leaders Representing Millions of Jewish Americans Call on AT&T to ‘Reconsider’ Decision to Remove Newsmax
Nearly two dozen key Jewish community leaders from across the United States, representing millions of Jewish Americans, called for global telecommunications giant AT&T to “reconsider” its recent move to cancel Newsmax from its network lineup, citing the conservative news channel’s “fair coverage of Jewish issues and Israel,” while warning of the risk of losing “significant support from the Jewish community” as a result.
Trump, DeSantis, Congressional GOP Slams AT&T’s DirecTV for Deplatforming Newsmax
Republican senators and members of congress, along with former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, are taking AT&T’s DirecTV platform to task for kicking off the conservative news channel Newsmax.
AT&T’s DirecTV Cancels Newsmax After Censoring OAN
DirecTV, the video programming platform owned by AT&T, suspended service to Newsmax today, cutting the conservative cable channel off from millions of American households. Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax, blasted the decision as a “blatant act of political discrimination and censorship.”
Woke Wall Street Firm TPG Capital Contributes to DirecTV Censoring Conservatives
As Republicans gear up for hearings in Congress to investigate how Democrats colluded with AT&T to censor One America News Network (OAN) from DirecTV, attention may also fall on private equity fund TPG Capital, which owns a significant portion of DirecTV and has demonstrated left-wing bias in the past.
Verizon Blacklists One America News Network Following Democrat Pressure
One America News (OAN) is at risk of being completely blacklisted by the corporate left after Verizon Fios, the largest pay-TV network still carrying OAN, effectively blaclisted the conservative channel following pressure from leftist advocacy groups.
Nolte: Cord-Cutting Hit Record Highs in 2020
More people cut the cable-satellite TV cord than ever before in 2020, which is pretty remarkable when you consider how the coronavirus kept everyone at home for most of the year.
How Venezuela’s Maduro Strong-Armed DirecTV into Airing Propaganda and Charging $1 for It
CARACAS – It has been over a week since the U.S.-based cable company DirecTV ceased operations in Venezuela, unplugging ten million viewers — yours truly included.
AT&T Launches New Online TV Service as Video Customers Flee
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T is launching a new internet-delivered TV service Monday as it struggles with a shrinking DirecTV satellite business.
CBS Goes Dark for 6.5 Million Customers as Contract Talks with AT&T Stall
NEW YORK (AP) — A business dispute took CBS off the air for millions of satellite television customers of DirecTV and AT&T U-verse on Saturday.
Report: NFL Network to Cut 5 Shows After Slashing Budget by $20 Million
The NFL Network has decided to slash five television shows amidst a massive $20 million budget cut, according to the New York Post. Those cuts have also reportedly led to tension with some of the network’s key personalities.
Report: Trump Upset with DirecTV over Missing UFC Fight
Getting people to provide the service they said they were going to provide, seems to be an ongoing battle with the president. As the government enters its second week of shutdowns — and the president trying to get the legislative branch to serve the American people by providing them with the security they said they would provide — TMZ is reporting that President Trump is also at odds with another type of service provider.
DirecTV Faces Backlash from NFL Fans After Hiking ‘Sunday Ticket’ Prices
Never let a little thing like declining ratings, a product in decline, and national public backlash, get in the way of making a buck. At least, that seems to be the message DirecTV is sending after the company raised prices for the NFL Sunday Ticket.
Report: DirecTV Offers Refunds to Customers Offended by NFL Protests
DirecTV is reportedly offering refunds of their Sunday Ticket packages to NFL fans offended by the recent #TakeAKnee protests.
DOJ Sues AT&T/DirecTV as ‘Ringleader’ in Dodgers Collusion Scheme
The Department of Justice Wednesday sued DirecTV and its owner, AT&T, alleging antitrust collusion with competitors during contract negotiations to broadcast the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Hollywood Producer Uses N-Word While Meeting with Obama at Fundraiser
Television producer Byron Allen attended a pricey fundraiser for President Obama at the Beverly Hills home of actor/filmmaker Tyler Perry Thursday night—and used some questionable language while discussing corporate mergers with the president.
DirecTV Pulls Rob Lowe Ads After Comcast Complaints
DirecTV has pulled a popular advertising campaign featuring actor Rob Lowe after cable company Comcast complained that many of the ads’ claims could not be supported by evidence.
