Times Up, Told You So, DirecTV is Dead
AT&T is reportedly trying to sell DirecTV to private-equity investors just five years after buying the satellite provider. The negotiations with potential buyers come after millions of customers ditch...
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chuckbear wrote:
And MTV was going to kill the radio. How did that work out? Chuck
This "media replacement" argument goes way back . . .
Some thought that TV would replace radio. That didn't happen, but TV did change radio. For example, radio shows used to be national shows. After TV, radio went to formats or specialty programming because it was cheaper as the money went to TV.
A similar thing might happen with sat TV. But all those Dish/DirecTV sats aren't going to be switched off.
