PythonFanPA Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-12/at-t-said-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-directv-for-about-50-billion.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamisonshaw125 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 And yet, a Tmobile merger is the devil. I bet this gets approved lol. Sent from my iPhone 5s using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstar2002 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 ATT recently sold off their land line and cable business in CT, so they are ahead of the divestiture game. Sent from my HTC M8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawvega Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 *Dislike 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryTheLabelGuy Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Will they spin off U-Verse? DirectTV and UVerse compete directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Kudo Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Will they spin off U-Verse? DirectTV and UVerse compete directly. No. U-verse will likely be expanded by DirecTV programming agreements, and DirecTV will continue to be available for DSL subscriber bundles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 No. U-verse will likely be expanded by DirecTV programming agreements, and DirecTV will continue to be available for DSL subscriber bundles. So, we will have two divisions of the same company compete for the same customer? Yeah, right : ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 So, we will have two divisions of the same company compete for the same customer? Yeah, right : ! It makes as much sense as having a landline telco own a wireless network. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWMaloney Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 So, we will have two divisions of the same company compete for the same customer? Yeah, right : ! Yeah! I mean, why would Apple knowingly release a phone that would cannibalize their iPod market? Or why would Wrigley release new brands of gum to compete against their old flavors? Sometimes it's better to compete with your own market share, because if you don't, someone else will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Yeah! I mean, why would Apple knowingly release a phone that would cannibalize their iPod market? Or why would Wrigley release new brands of gum to compete against their old flavors? Sometimes it's better to compete with your own market share, because if you don't, someone else will I don't think that kind of logic will fly with the feds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffDTD Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I would like to see ATT commit to delivering more high speed (either wired or fixed wireless ), affordably priced broadband to a margin of rural/semi rural Direct customers who currently do not have access to wired high speed broadband or are left paying premium prices for small buckets. If the government is going to entertain this, id like to see them use it as an opportunity to further their broadband access mission vs. just letting ATT eliminate competition. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrFamous07 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I had a dream Sprint purchased Dish.....wouldn't that be something else lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamisonshaw125 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Apparently the deal is done. http://www.buzzfeed.com/passantino/att-set-to-announce-directv-acquisition-sunday?s=mobile Sent from my iPhone 5s using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrknowitall526 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I have Directv bundled with my Verizon landline (and soon-to-be DSL too). Wonder what this might mean for people like me? It's a popular triple play bundle in this part of PA. ATT has no landline business in PA. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmeraldReporter Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) How much spectrum will AT&T now have that they're about to own DirecTV? What Mhz frequency do DirecTV satellites use? Edited May 19, 2014 by EmeraldReporter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 This merger will now put more pressure on other companies to pair up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JossMan Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Does this mean that Verizon will buy Dish Network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centermedic Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Yeah! I mean, why would Apple knowingly release a phone that would cannibalize their iPod market? Or why would Wrigley release new brands of gum to compete against their old flavors? Sometimes it's better to compete with your own market share, because if you don't, someone else will. They can easily make the two complement each other. Satellite is spotty in densely populated cities and uverse is not available everywhere. Also consider that all cable tv is transmitted via satellite and this deal starts to make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 AT&T has confirmed the directv deal for $48.5 billion. If the FCC lets this go through, they better let sprint and t-mo merge. Sent from Josh's iPhone 5S using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Kudo Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 AT&T has confirmed the directv deal for $48.5 billion. If the FCC lets this go through, they better let sprint and t-mo merge. Sent from Josh's iPhone 5S using Tapatalk 2 Why? DirecTV owns no satellite assets directly. EchoStar, controlled by Ergen, acquired all of Hughes satellite systems. DirecTV and AT&T don't compete at all. In fact, the two have been strong partners since the SBC/BellSouth days. The only wireless spectrum assets that DirecTV owns are for Brazil and Colombia. Obviously, since BellSouth divested its Latin American units to Telefónica nearly a decade ago, AT&T doesn't have anything there. And AT&T is divesting SBC's 10% stake in América Móvil to prevent arguments with Latin American regulators. The situations are completely different. Sprint and T-Mobile compete in every market and they compete for the same customers. So unless you are completely blind to how M&A works, you'd realize that DirecTV/AT&T and Comcast/TWC have no effects on changing the regulators' mind on T-Mobile/Sprint. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawvega Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 DirecTV and AT&T don't compete at all. In the areas that AT&T offers it, does U-verse TV not compete with DirecTV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) In the areas that AT&T offers it, does U-verse TV not compete with DirecTV? In areas that UVerse covers they compete directly. In areas where there's no UVerse, AT&T overs DirectTV bundles. In those areas, something has to go since you are eliminating a competitor. Edited May 19, 2014 by bigsnake49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 So, this move eliminates one of the pay TV competitors. So if this merger is approved we will have: AT&T/DirectTV or Verizon, Dish and a cable co. So if they want 4 competitors for wireless, why not 4 competitors for payTV? AT&T has about 6M customers for UVerse and DirectTV will have 20Million. If the FCC/DOJ wanted to encourage FTTH, this will pretty much kill it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 For a really deep analysis of the DirectTV/AT&T merger as it pertains to Dish/Sprint, read Tim Farrar's blog: http://tmfassociates.com/blog/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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