Mintel examines what the DirecTV/AT&T merger means for the telecommunications industry.
The companies underscore that their deal would combine two entities that don't directly compete in a so-called vertical merger. AT&T is the second-largest wireless carrier, one of the top broadband providers and — thanks to its recent purchase of DirecTV — also a major pay-TV provider. Time Warner (not to be confused with Time Warner Cable, which was recently bought by Charter Communications) is a massive media and entertainment conglomerate, owner of CNN, HBO, Warner Bros. studio and other ...
AT&T has firmed up more details of its spinoff of WarnerMedia, which is poised to combine with Discovery in a $43 billion merger.
Warner Bros. Discovery is paying $125 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit over the 2022 merger of Discovery and AT&T that created the company.
to AT&T’s existing shareholders in a pro rata distribution, followed by the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery,” which is expected to close in the second quarter. “Each AT&T...
AT&T's response to the government's appeal of its Time Warner merger is a 58-page catalog of what it calls the failures of the initial case.
Regulators are threatening AT&T's merger with Time Warner, and it doesn't make sense
The FCC has signed off on the AT&T DirecTV merger - with some conditions.
The CEO of DirecTV said he expects the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission to approve his company’s proposed merger with AT&T in the second quarter of next year, even...
An AT&T merger with DirecTV would create a new broadband giant that could challenge Comcast in the pay-TV market