AT&T U-verse + DirecTV … Well, That Hasn't Worked Out So Good

In short YikesOkay so maybe the oftrepeated idea of adding DISH into a spunoff quotNew DirecTVquot now an amalgamation 70 owned by ATampampT with 30 owned by TPG Capital a private equity firm is several steps closer to reality It39s certainly better than nothing and might even give ATampampT a chance to make something out of managing the once robust satellite service down to a footnote Goodness knows Charlie Ergen would be happy to make the combo happen amp8230 for a price of courseAnybody remember how the letitbleed strategy worked for the original ATampampT with the slowmotion demise of longdistance premium charges You remember when an area code meant something don39t youAnd why keep successful HBO Max OTT and put ATampampT OTT whatever that actually represents in the downward dog Are they hiding WarnerMedia from quotNew DirecTVquot amp8230 or the other way aroundDo these moves mean that ATampampT39s management and board recognizes that ATampampT doesn39t possess Brian Roberts nor a Steve BurkeJeff Shelllike management team Will ATampampT ever really grow out of Southwestern BellAt the same time the Advanced Television System Committee39s socalled 30 renovation of overtheair broadcasting capabilities is just beginning to make a mark as the broadcasters are deploying a variety of initiatives Broadcasters of course have labeled it Next Gen TVAnd Next Gen can pop up as any number of things For example evocatv in Boise Idaho amp8230 kind of overtheair multichannel streaming Or like fixed wireless 5G for internetwork access in a few tests Or like free 4K TV in New York City Los Angeles and a smattering of other major markets with overtheair 30 tuners Some are even in 1080p most are still 720p though Samsung smart TVs have a Next Gen digital tuner built in So like the New DirecTV broadcasting is shifting amp8230 and harder to predictOnly one thing is for sure Our streaming services are starting to look a whole lot like cable in the past amp8230 raising rates confusing customers and quite possibly leading to a quotbrand new Al Gore39s motherquot If you don39t know what means check your cable history book by Tom Southwick on Amazon It39ll be in the chapter about the heavy hand of regulationRandom NotesOkay I admit it I39m actually getting seriously worried about American democracy That almost half of Americans actually believe the loser really won the Presidential election just because he kept claiming so is downright scary So let39s quit calling the Trumplicans quotconservativesquot They aren39t period Watching CPAC Conservative Political Action Conference last week and Sunday evening wasn39t watching conservatives amp8230 it was watching a chorus of wannabe brownshirts idolizing the guy who started an insurrection he was actually too afraid to lead amp8230 even after promising he would amp8230 more than once And at CPAC the former No 45 said to boisterous applause quotThey should be ashamed of themselves for what they39ve done to our country the Supreme Court didn39t have the guts or the courage to do anything about itquotquotItquot of course was the goal of the insurrection to pressure quothisquot vice president two Senators and a 150 or so other Congressfolks into unilaterally disenfranchising over 80 million voters in order to reclaim quothisquot presidencyAmazing amp8230 most of the second largest American political party is all in for a fascist leaderClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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