AT&T may be hoping a free Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV stick may be enough to get you to sign up for its upcoming DirecTV Now streaming video service. The telecom giant could offer the streaming devices to people who subscribe to the service, according to a Variety report Sunday based on leaked customer-support …
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The Department of Justice has accused satellite TV provider DirecTV of being the ringleader in an illegal pact among pay TV companies to block wide distribution of the channel that has exclusive rights to broadcast Los Angeles Dodgers games. The Justice Department has accused DirecTV of colluding with competitors. US Department of Justice In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the DOJ …
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AT&T turned heads over the weekend when it announced plans to buy entertainment giant Time Warner for a whopping $85.4 billion in cash and stock. Experts say the deal may have a tough time passing muster with regulators. If a deal involving a large internet provider and a media giant sounds familiar, it’s because many of us have seen this …
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AT&T wants to give you a cheaper alternative to cable TV. The answer: Its new DirecTV Now online video service will cost only $35 a month. The price of the service, expected to launch next month, will include the cost of streaming plus 100 channels of programming, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said on Tuesday at the WSJ.D live conference in …
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Maybe AT&T can offer a free HBO Now subscription to every wireless customer. That might help reverse the company’s flagging growth in its core wireless phone business, as illustrated in its third-quarter results (PDF). They were released shortly after AT&T confirmed it would purchase media company Time Warner for $85.4 billion. Perhaps Time Warner will put a spring in AT&T’s …
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Enlarge Image AT&T’s Project AirGig would attach antennas onto power lines to send data signals around the wires, instead of through them. Courtesy of AT&T Internet access could soon be synonymous with electricity in AT&T’s latest project. The Dallas telecommunications giant on Tuesday revealed Project AirGig, which aims to deliver “low-cost, multi-gigabit wireless internet speeds” using power lines. AT&T Labs …
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Verizon is making big changes to how customers buy devices for its network. And that could mean more opportunities and choices for how consumers acquire smartphones in the future. Earlier this month, Verizon eliminated contracts and the subsidies for smartphones that went with those contracts. And this week, the company said it will make it easier for customers to bring …
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The LG Watch Urbane is kicking off its worldwide launch. LG’s new smartwatch will go on sale in South Korea this week. But those in the rest of the world won’t have to wait much longer. The LG Watch Urbane will then expand its reach this month, meaning next week, to the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, …
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Editors’ note: On Dec. 14, 2017, the FCC, under a new chairman, voted to roll back the regulations described below. For more on the 2017 action and what it means, see this story: “What you need to know about the FCC’s net neutrality repeal.” Two weeks after voting to preserve the open Internet (also referred to as Net neutrality) the …
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BARCELONA — AT&T doesn’t have pricing or the exact date it’ll start selling LG’s latest smartwatch online and in stores, but the US carrier did become the first to promise it’ll carry the LG Watch Urbane . The classy, circular watch runs Android Wear OS and is water-resistant. Just don’t confuse it with the sporty, LTE-enabled LG Watch Urbane LTE …
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