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AT&T buys DirecTV for $48.5 billion

Postby Everlong » May 18, '14, 9:24 pm

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/bus ... v/9247795/

Deal still subject to review, has to go through the appropriate government channels. But...

Holy fuck.

People are going to be ditching DirecTV in droves now. AT&T is one of the worst-run companies in America. Just go and check out the reaction on DirecTV's facebook announcement/press release link about this, it'll tell you all you need to know: https://www.facebook.com/directv/posts/ ... 1445601278

But honestly, cable and satellite TV will soon be things of the past anyway. People are dropping services at big rates and I just can't see them picking back up. Hopefully within the next ten years we'll have more "a la carte" options or services like Netflix that allow you to pay a subscription to watch whatever you want to watch.
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Re: AT&T buys DirecTV for $48.5 billion

Postby Westcoastvibes » May 19, '14, 5:24 am

Something drastic need to happen to the cable/satellite TV market. Just like the cell phone market, services are insane
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Re: AT&T buys DirecTV for $48.5 billion

Postby SlightlyJames » May 19, '14, 5:45 am

Damn, everyone is buying everyone right now. Lot of money being thrown around.
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Re: AT&T buys DirecTV for $48.5 billion

Postby xgamr » May 19, '14, 7:44 am

Direct TV will be its own thing but owned by att. Unless I saw wrong. I have DirecTV and no plans to switch unless something drastic occurs
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Re: AT&T buys DirecTV for $48.5 billion

Postby War Daddy » May 19, '14, 8:49 am

I swear the simplest things are being sold at the highest prices. Why cant I be this creative?
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