AT&T wireless business grows but premium TV subscribers decline

  • 📰 Reuters
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 35 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 97%

Brasil Notícia Notícia

Brasil Últimas Notícias,Brasil Manchetes

AT&T Inc exceeded analyst expectations on Wednesday for net wireless subscribers...

) exceeded analyst expectations on Wednesday for net wireless subscribers who pay a monthly bill, as it eked out some growth in a saturated market and continued to bundle media content from Time Warner into new wireless plans.

AT&T lost 778,000 premium TV subscribers, a category that includes DirecTV satellite and U-verse television customers, much more than the 544,000 lost in the first quarter. The company also lost 168,000 streaming DirecTV Now accounts. AT&T said it expects a similar level of video losses to continue in the current quarter.

The new WarnerMedia segment, which includes Turner and premium TV channel HBO, reported revenue of $8.4 billion, against analyst expectations for $8.3 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.AT&T has been focused on paying down its debt after the purchase of Time Warner, which pushed its net debt load to about $180 billion last year.

 

Obrigado pelo seu comentário. Seu comentário será publicado após ser revisado.

Doesn't help when ATT drops channels like CBS from their line up. Att that was a stupid move.

Resumimos esta notícia para que você possa lê-la rapidamente. Se você se interessou pela notícia, pode ler o texto completo aqui. Consulte Mais informação:

 /  🏆 2. in BR

Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes