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DirecTV Has a New Owner
DirecTV, the satellite TV and streaming provider, is now under new corporate ownership. AT&T has finished selling its stake ...
The satellite TV giant, which is now fully owned by the private equity firm, expects to increase its investments in video ...
The sale involves a 70 percent stake that AT&T retained for itself after spinning out DirecTV into a separate, privately-held ...
TPG (NASDAQ: TPG), a leading global alternative asset management firm, today announced the completion of its acquisition from ...
When AT&T bought DirecTV, the satellite service had 20.3 million US customers, and AT&T’s own U-verse cable system had another 5.7 million, for a total of 26 million.
DirecTV is now a stand-alone company. After a disastrous six-year foray into satellite TV, AT&T is spinning off the company for $7.1 billion in cash.
AT&T announced earlier this year that it would spin its video properties DirecTV, AT&T TV, and U-verse into a new company it would co-manage with private equity firm TPG Capital. That transaction ...
AT&T's DirecTV has lost 4 million customers in two years. Cost-cutting and big decisions loom, including whether to pay to keep exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket.
AT&T and DirecTV's $49 billion merger could have broad implications for your TV service, impacting how and where you watch your favorite programs -- including the NFL.
DirecTV has lost about 2 million customers during that span, and “the continued subscriber losses, coupled with outside calls for change, “will force AT&T to take some action,” Swann says.
AT&T unveiled pricing plans for its DirecTV Now streaming service, set to launch Nov. 30, bringing the satcaster into the burgeoning business of offering internet-delivered TV packages for less ...
AT&T had 1.6 million DirecTV Now subscribers as of December 31, 2018 after losing 267,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter, an AT&T earnings report said.