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05-01-2014, 04:30 PM
AT&T eying DirecTV takeover in a move that could make it America’s top pay TV provider
http://c2.bgr.com/2013/01/att-sign-221.jpg?w=609 (http://bgr.com/2014/05/01/att-directv-acquisition-40-billion/)With Comcast and Time Warner Cable fighting to merge, AT&T (http://bgr.com/tag/att) has ** intentions of*sitting idle. The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304178104579534673724368360) on Wednesday night reported that AT&T has approached satellite TV giant DirecTV (http://bgr.com/tag/directv) about a possible acquisition. As the report **tes, such a deal would instantly propel AT&T from being a somewhat small player in the pay TV market to being the **. 2 provider in a post-Comcast/TWC merger world. Should Comcast's acquisition fall through, a*DirecTV deal would make AT&T the top pay TV provider in the country with nearly 26 million subscribers, after adding DirecTV's 20 million households*to its own 5.7 million.*The Journal **tes that such a deal would be worth at least $40 billion, which is DirecTV's current market capitalization.
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http://c2.bgr.com/2013/01/att-sign-221.jpg?w=609 (http://bgr.com/2014/05/01/att-directv-acquisition-40-billion/)With Comcast and Time Warner Cable fighting to merge, AT&T (http://bgr.com/tag/att) has ** intentions of*sitting idle. The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304178104579534673724368360) on Wednesday night reported that AT&T has approached satellite TV giant DirecTV (http://bgr.com/tag/directv) about a possible acquisition. As the report **tes, such a deal would instantly propel AT&T from being a somewhat small player in the pay TV market to being the **. 2 provider in a post-Comcast/TWC merger world. Should Comcast's acquisition fall through, a*DirecTV deal would make AT&T the top pay TV provider in the country with nearly 26 million subscribers, after adding DirecTV's 20 million households*to its own 5.7 million.*The Journal **tes that such a deal would be worth at least $40 billion, which is DirecTV's current market capitalization.
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