DirecTV

NASDAQ: DTV
$58.01
+$0.40 (+0.7%)
Closing price September 30, 2019
Source: thinkstockThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has named its investigative teams to review whether or not the massive media mergers that have been announced are actually in the public...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that mini-antenna service Aereo does indeed infringe the copyright of TV broadcasters, some are saying free over-the-air television may be dead.
Global Internet provider Level 3 Communications announced Monday morning that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire TW Telecom for $40.86 per share in cash and stock.
Source: Jon OggThis past week we could not help noticing how low tobacco dividends have become. The driving force may be a tie-up coming between Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) and Lorillard Inc....
Source: Wikimedia CommonsAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) had a sale of $2 billion in corporate bonds slated for Tuesday. Investors need to care about this offering because this represents AT&T’s first real...
A new report from Jefferies cites the distinct possibility that the new AT&T focus on satellite delivery and other initiatives could prove damaging to some of the top tech companies that serve as...
The battle over net neutrality and the impact of the proposed mergers between may finally have called attention to the sorry state of broadband in general in the United States.
Source: ThinkstockThe remote control in the hand of an average American now has a selection of 189 TV channels available for viewing. That is an increase of almost 50% in the past six years.So what...
In a new report from UBS, not only is the deal DirecTV-AT&T scrutinized, but the case is made that the company that ends up the winner in this gigantic merger may very well be cable behemoth...
Now that AT&T has agreed to acquire satellite TV provider DirecTV, the nation's other large satellite service, Dish Network, needs to find a partner or risk being marginalized to the point of...
Not only are Comcast and Time Warner Cable the worst providers of both cable TV and Internet service, the two industries in which these companies operate are the most hated by American consumers.
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Source: ThinkstockBig news from two of the market’s biggest names is making waves across Wall Street today as stocks advance through a quiet start to the week. The Dow Jones Industrial...
While the attention around the AT&T buyout of DirecTV has centered on the new angle of the company, it seems fair to wonder if income investors should be worried about AT&T's dividend yield.
24/7 Wall St. is operating under the assumption that a DirecTV and AT&T tie up is not just a game changing event for the convergence of media and communications.