2020-08-29 | AT&T reportedly trying to sell DirecTV after massive customer losses | Ars Technica
'AT&T is reportedly trying to sell DirecTV to private-equity investors just five years after buying the satellite provider. '
'After a Q2 2020 loss of 954,000 customers, AT&T was down to 18.41 million customers across DirecTV, U-verse TV, and AT&T-branded online TV services. '
'The negotiations with potential buyers come after millions of customers ditched DirecTV over the past two years and could value DirecTV at much less than the $49 billion AT&T paid for it. '
'The new talks with potential buyers "were spurred by Chief Executive John Stankey," who replaced Stephenson in July, the Journal wrote, adding that "Mr. '
'AT&T could end up selling DirecTV for far less than it paid five years ago. '
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'AT&T is reportedly trying to sell DirecTV to private-equity investors just five years after buying the satellite provider. '
'After a Q2 2020 loss of 954,000 customers, AT&T was down to 18.41 million customers across DirecTV, U-verse TV, and AT&T-branded online TV services. '
'The negotiations with potential buyers come after millions of customers ditched DirecTV over the past two years and could value DirecTV at much less than the $49 billion AT&T paid for it. '
'The new talks with potential buyers "were spurred by Chief Executive John Stankey," who replaced Stephenson in July, the Journal wrote, adding that "Mr. '
'AT&T could end up selling DirecTV for far less than it paid five years ago. '
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