The year 2017 bade adieu in style with the sensational $52 billion acquisition of Fox by Disney. While the entertainment industry is yet to get past the historical event, 2018 has come up with more promises, bigger expectations and not certainly devoid of risks. The risk in terms of saturation, disinvestments by tiny players, merger …
AT&T’s (Over-the-Top) OTT streaming service, DIRECTV NOW, has officially boarded 1 million subscribers, in less than 1 year of its existence. David Christopher, president, AT&T Entertainment Group, said “This milestone is an incredible testament to the thousands of hours many people spent working to bring this product online and continually improving it during the past …
DirectTV Now is offering new subscribers the new Apple TV 4K if they purchase four months of service in advance. The new deal requires users to sign up, and pre-pay for four months of service at a minimum of $35 per month. The offer is hidden on the home page and users have to complete …
Windstream has struck a partnership to carry AT&T’s DirecTV Now service to its consumer segment. The telco is set to deliver the DirecTV Now service under its Kinetic brand, which it created to house its broadband and entertainment offerings. Windstream aims to scale up from “a phone and Internet provider” to “a premium broadband and …
DirectTV is approaching its first year of inception, due on November 30, 2017. On the occasion, the company plans to offer $25 discount on the first month of service on any package to new subscribers. New customers can use “BDAY2017” as the promo code and avail the discount. DirectTV Now has about 800,000 subs …
According to a latest report by analyst Moffet Nathanson, gathering data from all the major pay TV operators, the dumping has been accelerated heavily in the last 12 months. According to Moffet, businesses from traditional Pay TV providers have ended 2016 shrinking at 1.7% per year, which is the fastest rate of decline ever. This takes …
