In November, AT&T opened up about its plans for its forthcoming WarnerMedia streaming service, which aims to leverage the entertainment properties AT&T gained by way of its Time Warner acquisition last year. The company said the service will have three tiers — an entry-level, movie-focused service; a premium tier with original programming and blockbusters; and a […]
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AT&T details its streaming service plans as it weighs a sale of its Hulu stake
AT&T may be ready to sell its stake in Hulu, the company revealed in an analyst presentation on Thursday. The company currently owns a 10 percent stake in the service by way of WarnerMedia, as a result of its Time Warner acquisition. But AT&T today is running its own streaming services, including live TV service […]
View More AT&T details its streaming service plans as it weighs a sale of its Hulu stakeThe largest software acquisition ever: IBM to buy Red Hat for $34B
At a price typically reserved for semiconductor companies, telecoms, and pharmaceutical giants, IBM announced today it would pay a record $34 billion in cash and debt to acquire enterprise open source provider Red Hat. Eclipsing Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, this is the biggest software acquisition in history. It’s not the biggest tech acquisition […]
View More The largest software acquisition ever: IBM to buy Red Hat for $34BAT&T will launch another streaming service in 2019, with HBO and other WarnerMedia content
AT&T will launch a new direct-to-consumer streaming service next year, the company announced today. Yes, another one. AT&T currently already operates cord cutter-friendly streaming services DirecTV Now and the low-cost WatchTV, but its new service will be focused on WarnerMedia properties, including HBO. The move follows AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, which completed this past […]
View More AT&T will launch another streaming service in 2019, with HBO and other WarnerMedia contentThe Department of Justice isn’t done fighting the AT&T-Time Warner merger
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed to appeal a federal judge’s decision to approve AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. Back when he was campaigning for the presidency, Donald Trump said his administration would block the deal, and indeed, the DOJ sued to stop the merger, arguing it would hurt competition. Last month, however, U.S. […]
View More The Department of Justice isn’t done fighting the AT&T-Time Warner mergerWhat AT&T’s looming acquisition of Time Warner means for the future of the internet
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No one spends $85.4 billion to do you a favor.
In its looming acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T sure as shit isn’t about to make you rethink this fundamental truth.
The telecommunications company is on the verge of a massive takeover, approved Tuesday by a federal judge, that has the potential to alter the media landscape in a profound way. And in spite of the perfunctory corporate protestations to the contrary, it doesn’t take a market specialist to know who the beneficiaries of such a deal will be.
The odds are that it’s not going to be you — or, for that matter, the desiccated scatterings of net neutrality’s ghost. In fact, the experts we spoke with suggested that this move threatens competition, consumers, and the future of the internet in general. Read more…
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View More What AT&T’s looming acquisition of Time Warner means for the future of the internetAT&T completes its acquisition of Time Warner
AT&T has sealed the deal to buy Time Warner in a major piece of media and technology consolidation. The deal — which is $85.4 billion and a total of $108 billion with debt — was first announced in October 2016 and, having passed a court approval earlier this week, it was completed on Thursday. That’s a long cycle […]
View More AT&T completes its acquisition of Time WarnerNetflix and Alphabet will need to become ISPs, fast
This week completely scrambled the video landscape, and its implications are going to take months to fully understand. First is the district court’s decision to approve the merger of AT&T and Time Warner announced just moments ago. That will create one of the largest content creation and distribution companies in the world when it closes. […]
View More Netflix and Alphabet will need to become ISPs, fastCourt approves merger of AT&T and Time Warner
United States District Court Judge Richard J. Leon has ruled in favor of AT&T in the government’s antitrust suit to block AT&T’s proposed merger with Time Warner . That decision matches word on the street over the past few weeks, and delivers a stern rebuke to the Trump administration, which had opposed the deal from […]
View More Court approves merger of AT&T and Time WarnerAT&T CEO says a new $15-per-month, sports-free streaming service is launching in a few weeks
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson revealed on Thursday the carrier’s plans to launch another live TV service called “AT&T Watch,” which would offer a cheap, $15-per-month bundle of channels for customers, and be provided to AT&T Wireless subscribers for free. At this price point, the service would be one of the lowest on the market – […]
View More AT&T CEO says a new $15-per-month, sports-free streaming service is launching in a few weeksThe nuanced challenges of antitrust and AT&T-Time Warner
It’s been almost eighteen months since the boards of AT&T and Time Warner unanimously voted to sign an agreement to merge their two companies together and create a content and distribution powerhouse. That deal, pegged at $108 billion including debt from Time Warner, would be among the largest corporate mergers in American history. The U.S. […]
View More The nuanced challenges of antitrust and AT&T-Time WarnerTime Warner will be fine even if the AT&T acquisition doesn’t go through
Time Warner will be fine even if the government blocks the bid from AT&T to buy the company. That’s the word from John Martin, the free-wheeling chief executive of Time Warner subsidiary, Turner Inc., who was speaking at the Code Media conference in Huntington Beach. For the record, Martin says that the government’s position on the acquisition offer is “stupid” and… Read More