AT&T‘s foray into the online streaming video business is slowly gaining ground. The Dallas telecommunications giant disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it had added a net 300,000 customers to its DirecTV Now streaming service in the third quarter. That’s compared to the 491,000 customers it added in the first half of …
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The biggest benefit of AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner? Cheaper prices for consumers, fueled mostly by more targeted advertising. That’s what AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Wednesday at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in Beverly Hills. Stephenson said not many people can afford the $110 to $120 a month cable companies charge for their traditional TV bundle. …
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DirecTV is reportedly offering refunds to customers who want to cancel their subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket over players’ national anthem protests. The refund offer is being extended to at least some people who contact the satellite TV service and cite players kneeling during pregame performances of the national anthem as a reason for canceling their $280 package, customer service …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Yes, she plays with her cat. AT&T/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As I understand it, the old Taylor Swift is dead. The new Taylor Swift is, on the other hand, taking names and settling scores. At least that was the impression given by her recently …
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Watch out cable TV, YouTube is coming to get you. And now it’s after your paying subscribers in Boston, Tampa, Seattle and 11 other cities. YouTube TV, Google’s live TV streaming service that costs $35 per month, is available in 14 more US cities starting Thursday. Combined with the 15 cities already served, half of the households in America can …
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When AT&T’s DirecTV Now live TV streaming service first launched last November, one of the biggest complaints in CNET’s review was “No CBS.” That’s about to change. DirecTV Now will soon launch CBS stations in 14 major US markets nationwide, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. CBS shows will also be available on-demand nationwide. (CBS is the parent company …
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Now playing: Watch this: What’s it like to use YouTube TV? We go hands-on 1:55 The free version of YouTube is an internet behemoth visited by 1.5 billion viewers worldwide each month, but the pay version, with more than 40 channels of live TV, is only available to a fraction of the US population. That fraction just got a lot …
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The wireless wars are making it a good time to shop around for a new wireless plan. All four major wireless carriers in the US — AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile — now offer unlimited data plans, which are great if you don’t want to worry about how much data you’re using. And the companies have been falling all over …
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People living in rural and underserved parts of eight Southern states can finally get access to high-speed internet service from AT&T, the carrier announced Monday. AT&T’s Fixed Wireless internet, which provides download speeds of up to 10Mbps and 160GB of data a month, delivers home internet connection via a wireless tower to a fixed outdoor antenna installed at the customer’s …
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In the past, AT&T, which owns DirecTV, has offered incentives to get people to subscribe to its DirectTV Now streaming video service. There’s been the free Apple TV and free-year-of-HBO offers. Now it’s hoping to entice new customers with a free 4K-capable Roku Premiere media streaming box, a $70 value. Like Sling TV and PlayStation Vue, DirecTV Now offers a slate …
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