DIRECTV & Dish Are In Talks to Merge As Cord Cutting Hits Both Hard

[@CordCuttersNews]

You can learn more here: cordcuttersnews.com/directv-dish-are-in-early-talks-to-merge/ Correction this story was first reported by Bloomberg.

[@clevemantrump4985]

I Prodetect Dish network should Buy Direct tv instead they are relation they are cousins runs by the same company only in different ways

[@Mark-qe5sq]

I was paying $154 month for Dish and cancelled 2 years ago. They gave me price of $98 month and I said if you had giving me that choice I would have never cancelled but you don't care about current customers.

[@buffydog21]

I have KZbinTV for $72.99. I get 99% of the channels, that were on Spectrum. The only channel, that I wished I had, is A&E network. I love watching crime shows on A&E network. I've got a DVR and all the channels can go with me, wherever my phone goes. With Spectrum, there were some channels, I couldn't watch on my phone. Because, I had to be at home network, in order to watch them. I've been trying to get my friends to switch to KZbinTV, because we both get a referral bonus. I've still got friends and family using Spectrum cable TV.

[@johntaylor5021]

I was like you. Dish was going to charge me $154 a month. Too much when all I used Dish for was sports cause all new episodes of shows were going to Apps. I canceled Dish and got KZbin TV which gave me my sports channels for $85 a month. Cable TV is to expensive and are pricing themselves out of business.

[@STB-jh7od]

Before cutting the cord, I would call Xfinity tell them I was going to cancel, my building had both Xfinity and Verizon, and switch to Verizon cause of deal for new customers. Xfinity would give me the same deal as that for new customers. Did this yearly.

[@smorris281]

Cable does the same thing.

[@kyoung3768]

Because they lock you into a contract and absolutely forget about you after that. I felt so bad for customer's that I quit working there and also turned my service off. We use an over the air antenna and free tv and apps on our t.v. we pay $0 and rarely watch any T.V. anyway.

[@ThraxMan84]

The move does make sense. Pay TV is a dying breed with the advent of streaming.

[@Sacto1654]

But some will survive. Comcast particularly, because they have begun rollout of bi-symmetric DOCSIS 4.0 service that will allow 1 gigabit speeds both download _and_ upload. And they already have the wired infrastructure in place in much of the country. I expect by 2030 we'll all be watching TV on a streaming basis over a 500 megabits/second or faster Internet connection.

[@RealSeanSmart]

FALSE

[@DrkSnydr89]

Streaming is getting expensive too.

[@69BigGame]

@@ThraxMan84 both DirecTV & Dish have their own streaming services. DirecTV Stream & Sling respectively. I have Sling because it's the cheapest that gives me the channels I watch most.

[@debbierearden8338]

Brings to mind the merger of 2 big financially strapped and struggling companies in the past; Kmart and Sears. What did that merger accomplish? They/it still went bankrupt and closed.

[@GeorgeVCohea]

Satellite television is in a weird state of relevancy and utility. As far as I can tell, neither have plans to launch another satellite and appear ready to wind their services down. It is basically a merger that will potentially sustain satellite television, even when one or the other’s satellites fail. Without the merger, whichever one has the catastrophic satellite failure first, will almost certainly be out of business by default. A merged company might actually be confident enough to launch a new satellite to extend the business model. Kmart & Sears were different style retailers and did not mesh well. Neither was doomed but would have needed to change and/or downsize on their own. I am amazed at how long both have lasted though. Both still have operating locations in this 2024, which is a far cry of the articles that started popping up over 15 years ago predicting imminent demise. Eddie Lampert truly head those together for as long as possible.

[@Mr.Quinlan888]

Sears had the opportunity to be Amazon at one point and now it's a distant memory.

[@karenbraxton4422]

I am happy all my channels are back. DT V customer.

[@Jhpewpew]

My father just divorced Dish after 25 years of bill-raising service. I put a Kill-A-Watt on his DVR (model is over 10 years old) and it was drawing over 300 watts when it records, sometimes up to 500 watts. Now he has KZbinTV paying half as much, and will also have a lower electric bill to boot! When he called to cancel, they offered him a lower rate, to which he declined and said they should've put him on a cheaper plan years ago.

[@pagodakid]

This whole streaming industry industry is just too unstable. This changes. That changes. Channels added. Channels removed. Commercial breaking in at inconvenient moments. Price hikes. Price specials. ETC.

[@timothyypa]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@forresthibbard2595]

My house has been a dish Network subscriber for 3 decades now

[@TheMediaHoarder]

Why?

[@TheMediaHoarder]

When DirecTV first came out, you had to buy the dish and receiver for about $700 and THEN pay a monthly fee to unlock any channels, even the ones that showed commercials. I thought for sure it would fail, but it became one of the most successful consumer electronics products. Dish at least didn’t make you buy the equipment up front but their content was still crap. I won’t pay to watch commercials that someone is being paid to show me, and I won’t watch any show with a constant channel logo onscreen even for free!

[@JCourts2k23]

I moved from what I guess you would call the boondocks out in the woods a couple of years ago, probably a mile and a half off the main highway, and now even they have Spectrum. Sure wish I had had that when I went there

[@MilePost106]

Who in the hell even has cable or satellite. I’m enjoying free TV and I pay 40.00 a month for internet. I know people who pay 200.00 for cable and scratch my head why.

[@marye813]

A friend of mine with DirecTV says all her channels are back.

[@2212ingram]

My abc is back I have direct tv🎉

[@shackdaddy7106]

Whatever happens, I hope that Sling TV does not go away. I love it.

[@ZEX606]

Channels or back on direct TV guess they finally made a deal with Disney. They should be ashamed of themselves direct TV and Disney just greedy sad.

[@DerekEvans1013]

Channels ARE* back....not or

[@robertdesmond6194]

Bob Iger CEO of Disney tried to manipulate Direct TV to support them v. FUBO in it's Venue Sports App suit. But Always Been Corrupt lost a lot of money being in last place in the debate. He cowardly bowed down to us. 😊

[@robertdesmond6194]

More channels have been added and I feel the$6.00 dollar increase is moot for Ultimate

[@smorris281]

I can def understand Directv’s argument. Disney wants way too much to carry their channels, and they’re not as good as they used to be. The cable company told me that the Disney owned channels were the most expensive channels they carried.

[@smorris281]

I left cable back in March for Directv stream. I haven’t had an issues with it, and it’s reasonably priced. I hope the prices don’t increase as a result of a merger. Less competition usually signals higher prices.

[@dennisud]

Isn't this the 3rd time they have tried this! Well they have a better shot at merging this time!

[@RealSeanSmart]

I would love if Dish & DTV merged, Dish would Rule the Satellite TV Business. I Love Dish Network (Been with Dish since 2021, Very Loyal to them & They are great to me, I’m not switching or Ending my Agreement)

[@wingman-1977]

The Direct TV/Disney contract dispute is supposedly over.

[@2212ingram]

I think it is because my abc is on again.

[@birdieberry1860]

Dish is still cheaper for me where I live by renegotiate my contract. No fiber near me and starling etc very expensive.

[@internetpointsbank]

Starlink

[@brandonsmith1198]

This is great news for for me and I hope that I don’t have to choose which service to watch

[@TerryFoss]

Opinion on verzion wifi, heard it is better than it used to be to be?

[@rasheedali615]

If the companies merge, I hope dish network keeps or updates their current TV equipment meaning their hopper DVR box I hope the DIRECTV genie box goes away

[@leeroller193]

This made a lot more sense 20 years ago. At this point, you’re just raking the leaves into one pile before you gather them up and throw them away. Well, they could consolidate customer bases and service contracts with the content providers. It would be nearly impossible to consolidate infrastructure. Since their respective satellite constellations lie in different parts of the sky, you couldn’t pick them all up on one dish. You’d have to either consolidate under one set of satellites or the other. And since there’s such a great redundancy of channels between the two, you wouldn’t need both sets of satellites. You basically be discarding, one company’s infrastructure and technology in favor of the others. I just don’t see this happening to any effect other than maybe a liquidation sale. Although it would be interesting to see if Charlie Ergen can put two companies out of business.

[@internetpointsbank]

Three considering Dish just merged with Echostar.

[@crosslink1493]

One more step in the consolidation of the whole television/media world (cable, fiber, streaming, satellite, etc). That's odd saying satellite is becoming irrelevant when Amazon is starting up a satellite broadcast and internet network early next year. It might work if they can combine and complement each other by somehow leveraging the Dish 5G network with Direct TV's satellite network. Now what do you call the combined company, Dish Direct?

[@anthonycorbello296]

If they don't do it soon, they may not make it.

[@internetpointsbank]

Dish just merged with Echostar last year... Dish has 1.9 billion in debt that needs to be refinanced in November. Last conference call they flat out side they don't know how its going to happen. Either this merge need to happen or that will be the end.

[@brandonsmith1198]

What is TAS stand for but I need to figure out

[@JCourts2k23]

@ cord cutters news, looks like DirecTv has there ESPN, ABC etc. channels back

[@DrkSnydr89]

It seems so

[@CordCuttersNews]

We have a story on our website.

[@NO_OPEC_NO_PROBLEM]

Great now less choices. RIP OFF!!!

[@jaylove9844]

Too little, too late. It's over, KZbin is better than these damn providers

[@sethkransberg3347]

Any news on the direct tv Disney channels Help

[@wandapolk3635]

The channels are back

[@RedBox-nc]

It dtv and dish get together it a bad day cause they want to take over streaming

[@dirkjanvanhemmen]

not good that satellite. Will stop

[@RealSeanSmart]

Satellite (TV & Internet) isn’t going Anywhere

[@TimHall-y8s]

this was trid 30 years agho and the cable companies went ballastic.

[@morganmorales610]

I think it will happen

[@joe10117]

way too much merging my God...

[@mabguy1659]

If/when that happens, I'm pretty sure prices will be going up...

[@johnpinner1]

Yes it will happen consolidation is the word of the day

[@newcentury6489]

Price goes up $2-$9 a month and people cry about it. directv sucks

[@DKTCHIKC]

They suck bigtime👎👎

[@freedomoffgrid82]

serves them right for being so greedy for so long.

[@harryebbeson]

Not surprised at all. Knew this could/would happen. Spin them off, siphon cash and let the whole thing fail?

[@dannysillavan625]

I’m surprised it hasn’t happened already with streaming looking better and better

[@jwalach1650]

How is Direct and Dish merger talks anything new? This is to always be happening? I am sorry but your videos seem to be so biased and you seem to enjoy when cable companies or satellite companies are in trouble. That is why I have a difficult time sitting through your videos. but that curiosity inside me says "mmm wonder what mr streaming has to say about how great streaming is today? I have satellite and rely on it due to my rural area. If they go down, I would hate to rely on streaming as there are not many great options where I live. They too actually would be more expensive with the net included. I too like how my satellite is more user friendly than streaming. As it is great you educate people on streaming as it is always going to be the best choice due to being not as expensive. However, you go on here and promote streaming services that have done nothing anymore but spread so much content on various platforms being more expensive. I too have an OTA antenna, but living in a rural area which does not get me many channels. Plus to get fast internet where I live, it is over 70 dollars. PS. I am not on here to cause friction but think that your videos need to be called out on the downside of streaming as you have no trouble putting up downsides of satellite or cable. Plus spare me the posts on the "no contract" stuff with streaming.

[@newcentury6489]

agree

[@Steelers5555]

I think they should quit being big babies and agree with each other this it’s hurting them it hurting the customers

[@mrshaun8812]

Direct TV may make more sense to invest in Africa or South America

[@mrbob8618]

The government will not will not will not let it happen.

[@leeroller193]

The government doesn’t care about this anymore. Neither of these guys are large enough. The thread of a monopoly is nonexistent when you’re monopolizing such a tiny niche market. It’s no longer a threat to competitive commerce.

[@ScanFan_Ed]

I suspect it would be allowed to happen. It’s a whole new world in the industry now.

[@BenCossette]

So if the merger happens which it probably will, Sling and Directv internet/stream would probably merge. Do you think they will follow the Directv stream model or the sling model? Meaning with the packages. I hope they do the Sling model with some added locals. I know DIrectv is looking to stop offering locals, and from how they are fighting Disney I think they are just done and either want to merge or bow out. I hear they are losing tons of subs during this blackout, and as a former customer myself, they seem to have a lot of blackouts. I remember going months without my local FOX affiliate, before that my ABC affiliate.