[opendtv] Re: AT&T Considers DirecTV Purchase: Reports | Multichannel
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 06:38:07 -0400
Perhaps they believe that "the bundle" will survive for years to come, and
delivering streams by satellite, augmented by ISP service, will be a viable
business. It probably makes sense to build out Fiber U-Verse in densely
populated areas, but DBS can fill-in in areas where a fiber deployment is not
economically feasible.
Regards
Craig
> On May 1, 2014, at 7:43 PM, "Manfredi, Albert E"
> <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'd be a lot more interested in knowing what AT&T intends to do with DirecTV,
> than to know how many millions of subscribers they will gain. Seems like all
> the articles talk about is the total subscribers.
>
> One cynical possibility would be, having acquired all this TV content from
> satellite, AT&T can then institute some draconian monthly Gbyte caps on their
> two-way network, to discourage any Internet TV viewing and cable cutting.
>
> A more optimistic guess would be that AT&T wants to create its own satellite
> broadband system, repurposing the DirecTV frequencies for this rather than
> one-way TV broadcast.
>
> Bert
>
>
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