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ATT wanting to purchase TimeWarner

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 2:05 am
by soccer4270
This sounds either a) interesting or b) concerning

http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-is-in- ... 1477061850

I know its not the same as TWC but interesting to see how they handle content

Re: ATT wanting to purchase TimeWarner

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:12 am
by kd6icz
Time Warner Media. Not Time Warner Cable. Time Warner Cable doesn't exist anymore. It's now part of Charter and called Spectrum.

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Re: ATT wanting to purchase TimeWarner

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 7:07 pm
by RyC
Ah but that's exactly what the OP said!

Imagine the debt AT&T would have to take on to finance this...they could have probably wired the country with fiber a few times over with the combined purchase price of DirecTV and possibly TW.

Re: ATT wanting to purchase TimeWarner

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:14 am
by kd6icz
RyC wrote:Ah but that's exactly what the OP said!

Imagine the debt AT&T would have to take on to finance this...they could have probably wired the country with fiber a few times over with the combined purchase price of DirecTV and possibly TW.
My bad.... I think. I don't recall the second line being there when I replied last night. Of course how would anyone know with the "edited" flag turned off.

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Re: ATT wanting to purchase TimeWarner

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:54 am
by soccer4270
No concern kd6ciz, I did edit my post right after I posted it due to catching the same thing you saw. Just depends on when you read it :D

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/24/media/a ... -stack-dom

"A lot of what's being described is theoretical at the moment. But one example involves DirecTV Now, a streaming service that AT&T is planning to launch later this month. DirecTV Now is a cable-like bundle of channels that will be sold via the Internet."

Would this be a good work around for us with HTPCs?