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, an alternative asset management firm, has announced the completion of its acquisition from AT&T of the remaining 70 per ...

The close of the $7.6 billion deal, originally announced last September, frees AT&T from a legacy media business that has ...

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.

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.

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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.

AT&T spent $48.5 billion acquiring DirecTV in 2015. While the new plans don’t require you to be an AT&T customer, the company does hope to sweeten the pot for its own wireless customers.

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