AT&T may drop DirecTV as satellite TV becomes irrelevant

AT&T recently started the rebranding of DirecTV, but the service might end up in the cemetery of the obsolete products after all. Sources familiar with the matter claim AT&T is looking to offload its DirecTV unit as satellite TV becomes irrelevant for the US market, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Apparently, the carrier is searching for options that would allow it to salvage parts of the service. One of these options includes “a spin-off of DirecTV into a separate public company and a combination of DirecTV assets with Dish Network Corp, despite previous statements that a merging ...

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