The largest traditional cable providers collectively lost over 1.5 million customers in the second quarter of 2020 – an overall loss of 2.0% of customers. This is the smaller than the loss in the first quarter of 1.7 million net customers. To put the quarter’s loss into perspective, the b...
TPG Pushing for Merger But Dish and DirecTV have been losing customers in recent years, a situation that could help them secure regulatory approval to combine because concerns over market dominance have diminished, according to the report. DirecTV had more than 25 million subscribers in 2017, now...
Currently, the dispute hasn’t spilled out into the public, such as messages on screens to DirecTV customers, but as the deadline draws closer, it could be an interesting week ahead. At the end of 2023, DirecTV had 11 million subscribers, so a blackout of Disney channels, especial...
OAN, which has been a favorite channel of former President Trump, has been a political thorn in DIRECTV’s side since Reutersreported last Octoberthat AT&T encouraged Robert Herring, the owner of Herring Networks, to start the news channel several years ago. (AT&T was then the sole owner of...
In recent years, DirecTV—like most other pay-TV providers—has seen its subscriber base shrink as morecustomers turn to streaming servicesand otherOTToptions. Besideslosing tens of millionsof subscriptions, the company recentlyshed hundreds of jobs. ...