DirecTV: Difference between revisions

[[File:Full Directv logo.png|thumb|right|200px|DirecTV transitional logo following purchase by AT&T from July 24, until December 31, 2015]]

[[File:DirecTV logo new.svg|thumb|Logo used from January 1, 2016 to August 1, 2021]]

On May 18, 2014, [[AT&T]] announced that it would purchase DIRECTV for approximately $67.1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-directv-att-20140430,0,802533.story|title=AT&T interested in acquiring satellite broadcaster DirecTV |last=Flint|first=Joe|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 1, 2014|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref><ref name="nyt-atatdirectv">{{cite web|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/att-to-buy-directv-for-48-5-billion/|title=AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion|last1=de la Merced|first1=Michael|last2=Gelles|first2=David|work=The New York Times|date=May 18, 2014|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref> The acquisition was officially approved by the FCC in 2015; it was subject to conditions for four years, requiring AT&T to expand its fiber-optic broadband service to additional customers, public libraries, and schools, and to "refrain from imposing discriminatory usage-based allowances or other discriminatory retail terms and conditions on its broadband internet service".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/att-directv-merger-fcc-approval-1201484821/|title=AT&T & DirecTV Merger Gets FCC Approval – With Conditions|website=Deadline|date=July 24, 2015 |access-date=July 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/24/8876267/att-directv-merger-approved|title=FCC approves AT&T–DirecTV merger|website=[[The Verge]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]]|date=July 24, 2015|access-date=July 24, 2015}}</ref>