DirecTV to Acquire Dish and Sling TV…

[Ingomike]

More merging in media…

DirecTV to Acquire Dish and Sling TV, Creating Largest U.S. TV Provider

The merger of EchoStar's video businesses and DirecTV will also coincide with TPG agreeing to buy out the 70 percent of DirecTV that it does not own from AT&T.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Expat]

So much for sling.

 

[Brian Ski]

Monopoly??

 

[foszoe]

5 years overdue

 

[Ingomike]

Monopoly??

No, and I hate monopolies. Satellite TV is dying fast, this will just make them a competitor in streaming with Sling attached. ATT sold out their ownership so doubt this is a sure thing…

 

[foszoe]

Dish was debt ridden. Satellite is rapidly losing ground to streaming.

Only upside to Satellite is live sports...streaming lags behind by seconds. Little frustrating at watch parties. Those watching one TV know what happened before another.

 

[HoughMade]

Sling may have some utility, but satellite TV is way overdue to go away.

I had Dish for a few years back and it was great.... when speedy home internet was 56.6k, but me and everyone else is streaming in 4k on more than one device at a time....and I use Starlink which is slower that everyone's fiber and most everyone's cable.

 

[firecadet613]

No, and I hate monopolies. Satellite TV is dying fast, this will just make them a competitor in streaming with Sling attached. ATT sold out their ownership so doubt this is a sure thing…

They've had DirecTVStream for some time now and are in the streaming space.

 

[foszoe]

They've had DirecTVStream for some time now and are in the streaming space.

That is the product we have.

 

[JCSR]

Streaming YouTubeTV is best and I've had them all.

 

[littletommy]

Best thing we ever did was dump directtv and go to streaming. Way more watch options and we cut our monthly subscription fees by about 80%.

 

[dprimm]

Best thing we ever did was dump directtv and go to streaming. Way more watch options and we cut our monthly subscription fees by about 80%.

We stopped watching and really reduced costs.

 

[littletommy]

We stopped watching and really reduced costs.

That wouldn’t work for us, but I get it.

 

[dprimm]

That wouldn’t work for us, but I get it.

Come over. There is enough to do you can get busy enough to stop watching as well.

 

[loudgroove]

I had Dish years ago, but had Direct Tv for the last few years I was in Nashville. After moving back home I went with Fubo for streaming and haven't looked back.

 

[littletommy]

Come over. There is enough to do you can get busy enough to stop watching as well.

If didn’t get my daily dose of Andy Griffith and Adam 12 I’d be no good to anybody!

 

[yeahbaby]

Streaming YouTubeTV is best and I've had them all.

We just signed up for it with a package deal for Frontier fiber. Dumping Xfinity, I don't even want to tell you what we were paying. Price is going to be cut in half. At least for now. Neighbors have it and love it.

 

[JCSR]

We just signed up for it with a package deal for Frontier fiber. Dumping Xfinity, I don't even want to tell you what we were paying. Price is going to be cut in half. At least for now. Neighbors have it and love it.

The recording feature on YouTubeTV is awesome. Save a show to your library and it will record it every time it shows.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The recording feature on YouTubeTV is awesome. Save a show to your library and it will record it every time it shows.

I still don't fully understand how streaming works, even though I use a couple of services. For example, I have Paramount+, but I access it via my Xfinity cable TV. If I cut my cable, how would I get it?

 

[loudgroove]

I still don't fully understand how streaming works, even though I use a couple of services. For example, I have Paramount+, but I access it via my Xfinity cable TV. If I cut my cable, how would I get it?

A smart tv or a Roku ETC. Add the app and sign in and stream.