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Title: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: TWCJim on May 18, 2014, 06:21:10 PM: http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/18/news/companies/att-directv/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/18/news/companies/att-directv/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)

First the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger plan, now this? :blink:
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: WeatherWitness on May 18, 2014, 07:16:00 PM: I tell you, all these mergers or buying out between companies lately seems to be getting out of hand. Pretty soon there's just going to be one big "mega company" that handles it all. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: Lightning on May 29, 2014, 06:26:37 PM: Quote from: WeatherWitness on May 18, 2014, 07:16:00 PM
Pretty soon there's just going to be one big "mega company" that handles it all. :rolleyes:
Do you know for sure if that's going to happen?
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: Metarvo on May 29, 2014, 09:49:13 PM: Quote from: WeatherWitness on May 18, 2014, 07:16:00 PM
I tell you, all these mergers or buying out between companies lately seems to be getting out of hand.

This is like putting Ma Bell back together times two. Assuming they do this, I wonder how long it will be before they gobble up Dish too.
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: WeatherWitness on June 01, 2014, 11:22:11 PM: Quote from: Lightning on May 29, 2014, 06:26:37 PM
Quote from: WeatherWitness on May 18, 2014, 07:16:00 PM
Pretty soon there's just going to be one big "mega company" that handles it all. :rolleyes:
Do you know for sure if that's going to happen?

I was being sarcastic. ;) However, with all these mergers happening recently, who knows?
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: TWCJim on July 24, 2015, 06:33:02 PM: The FCC approved AT&T's acquisition of DirecTV today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/24/fcc-approves-ts-acquisition-directv/30626421/ (http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/24/fcc-approves-ts-acquisition-directv/30626421/)
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: Metarvo on July 24, 2015, 09:19:48 PM: Quote from: Metarvo on May 29, 2014, 09:49:13 PM
This is like putting Ma Bell back together times two.

Quote from: WeatherWitness on June 01, 2014, 11:22:11 PM
[W]ith all these mergers happening recently, who knows?

Read it and weep. It still applies. My prediction is that they'll retire the DirecTV brand and start calling it UVerse Satellite or something to that effect.
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: TrevortonG16 on July 26, 2015, 09:40:32 AM: I hope this means the return of NHL Network to U-verse.
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: Lightning on September 16, 2015, 06:56:45 PM: I heard about this on Monday.
Title: Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
Post by: Zach on September 16, 2015, 11:00:17 PM: Quote from: Lightning on September 16, 2015, 06:56:45 PM
I heard about this on Monday.
Unfortunately the merge is complete, and had been for about a month now.