AT&T/DirecTV Implosion Could Give Apple NFL Sunday Ticket
It’s really hard to overstate what a colossal failure AT&T’s $200 billion acquisition of Time Warner and DirecTV was. And if you’re an AT&T executive with a bruised ego in the wake of the...
View ArticleConspiracy Channel OAN Pouts More, Sues DirecTV For Kicking It To The Curb
Back in January DirecTV finally decided to axe OAN, the conspiracy and fantasy channel, from its cable lineup. The decision came just three months or so after a blockbuster report showed that AT&T...
View ArticleCable TV Companies Lost Nearly 5 Million Subscribers in 2021
Remember when the cable and broadcast industry insisted that “cord cutting” (ditching traditional cable TV subscriptions) wasn’t actually a real trend? Or how, once they finally acknowledged it was a...
View ArticleSix Republican AGs Try To Pretend OAN Was ‘Censored’ By DirecTV
Last January DirecTV finally decided to kick fantasy and conspiracy channel One America News (OAN) off of their satellite TV lineup, likely dooming the “news” channel. It’s a channel relatively few...
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Ted Cruz, Mike Lee Join Dumb, Baseless GOP Quest To Pretend OAN Was Unfairly...
So we’ve already noted how OAN was booted off of the DirecTV lineup, severing a massive mainstream distribution avenue for the conspiracy and fantasy channel. DirecTV, recently spun off by AT&T,...
View ArticleDirecTV Ignores GOP Pressure, Kicks OAN Off Its Cable Lineup
Back in January DirecTV announced it would be kicking the fantasy and conspiracy channel One America News (OAN) off of its satellite TV lineup, removing the biggest distribution avenue for the “news”...
View ArticleNY Times Aptly Illustrates How The AT&T Time Warner Merger Was An Even Bigger...
The AT&T Time Warner and DirecTV mergers were a monumental, historical disaster. AT&T spent $200 billion (including debt) to acquire both companies thinking it would dominate the video and...
View ArticleCourt Laughs Off OAN Conspiracy Network’s Claim It Was ‘Censored’ By DirecTV
When last we checked in with One America News (OAN), it was trying (with the help of numerous Republican AGs) to pretend that DirecTV’s decision to boot the barely watched conspiracy network from its...
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DirecTV Kicks Right Wing Newsmax Off Its Cable Lineup, Prompting More...
You might recall how struggling satellite TV network DirecTV recently kicked right wing propaganda channel OANN off of its cable lineup because it simply wasn’t profitable. That prompted weeks of...
View ArticleAT&T Looking To Dump DirecTV After Years Of Merger Headaches
AT&T spent $200 billion to acquire Time Warner and DirecTV, believing this would turn the dodgy old phone company into an innovative new media juggernaut. But despite $42 billion in tax breaks and...
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