• Media
    • Broadcast Industry
    • Digital News
    • Journalism
    • Streaming
    • Syndication
    • TV Promos
    • Augmented Reality
    • Broadcast Design
    • Broadcast Engineering
    • Sports Broadcasting
    • Weather
    • Newspaper Industry
  • Business
    • Food & Restaurants
    • Ecommerce
    • TV Industry
    • Shopify
    • Nonprofit Organizations
  • Design
    • AR & IMR
    • Broadcast Design
    • Experiential Design
    • Logo Design
    • Production Design
    • Fonts & Typography
  • More
    • Disabilities
    • Education
    • Educational Technology
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Link Shortening
  • Carnegie Hall launches on-demend video streaming service
  • Nexstar to buy The CW
  • CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin exiting after 20 years
  • Using drones for a new perspective on the news: Raycom Media
  • See how Aston can improve your broadcast graphics
  • Primeview future proofs studio video walls with HDR
  • The story behind the Super Bowl logo design's evolution
  • When does 'The World's Best' air?
  • Will Jussie Smollett return to 'Empire'?

Topics in this article

  • AT&T
  • DirecTV
  • Dish
  • WarnerMedia

AT&T exploring sale of DirecTV

NBC News is reporting that AT&T is exploring selling its DirecTV satellite television service.

  • The company, which acquired DirecTV in 2015 for $67 billion, is under pressure for an “activist investor” to sell off the division.
  • DirecTV has seen a dip in subscriber counts as customers switch to no contract streaming options.
  • AT&T battled the U.S. government over DirecTV when it tried to acquire Time Warner.
  • The Justice Department originally wanted AT&T to sell off DirecTV in order to purchase Time Warner.
  • AT&T sued and won — eventually renaming Time Warner as WarnerMedia.
  • Dish, the only other major national satellite TV provider in the U.S., has reportedly expressed interest in buying DirecTV.
  • Although Wall Street responded positively to news of a possible merger, it remains to be seen what regulatory hurdles such a combination would face.
  • Previously, however, the Justice Department did approve the merger of the Sirius and XM satellite radio services.

Popular Searches

  • TV Industry News
  • Broadcast Engineering News
  • Broadcast Design News
  • TV Talk Shows
  • TV Syndication
  • TV Advertising
  • TV News Jobs
  • TV Industry Mergers and Acquisitions
  • TV Anchors
  • Cable News
  • Late Night TV
  • TV Syndication News
  • Broadcast Industry News
  • TV News Drone Journalism
  • TV News Augmented Reality
  • TV Weather Forecasting
  • TV News Journalism
  • TV News Ethics
  • OTT News
  • News About NBC
  • News About CBS
  • News About ABC
  • News About CNN
  • News About MSNBC
  • News About Fox News

Custom blended by HD Media Ventures. MixDex and its network of sites curates content from a wide variety of sources and links directly to the original source. MixDex is not associated with these sites and is not responsible for the content or terms and conditions, privacy policy or other policies of these sites. The inclusion of content in MixDex does not imply endorsement.

MixDex is supported by paid and affiliate links. If you click on one of these links, we may earn a small commission.

Privacy and cookies policy | Terms of Service

Hosted by Kinsta