Comments on: Sling Media, EchoStar & Ma Bell: The Buyout Game http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/ Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Will AT&T Buy DirecTV? http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181162 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:06:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181162 [...] has linked AT&T to digital satellite providers before. There were rumors that AT&T was almost ready to buy DirecTV competitor EchoStar. That deal never came to pass. Will this one? [...]

]]> By: Reblog » Blog Archive » AT&T May Drop Dish, But Still Has U-verse http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181161 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:50:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181161 [...] a better deal by bringing Dish rival DirectTV to the table. Others say this kills any hope that AT&T might buy Dish. But Dish has been a stopgap measure to give AT&T a triple play of voice, data and video as the [...]

]]> By: AT&T May Drop Dish, But Still Has U-verse - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181160 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:43:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181160 [...] a better deal by bringing Dish rival DirectTV to the table. Others say this kills any hope that AT&T might buy Dish. But Dish has been a stopgap measure to give AT&T a triple play of voice, data and video as the [...]

]]> By: Unfortune http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181159 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:03:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181159 [...] TV-technology group as a separate business, while dressing up its TV subscription service for a sale to AT&T.  If that happens, then an independent EchoStar TV technology business would be free to sell [...]

]]> By: EchoStar Now DISH Network Spins Off SlingBox, Set-Top Biz - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181158 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:45:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181158 [...] spin-off certainly sets-up interesting scenarios: for instance, DISH can now be easily gobbled up by AT&T, though their deal is supposedly on the rocks. Another option is that DISH could aggressively bid [...]

]]> By: neal page http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181157 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:18:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181157 EchoStar’s acquisition of Sling is a significant development in the industry, clearly signaling the commercial importance of IP delivery of content. Equally significant is the acknowledgement that consumers on a broadband connection viewing on a PC are a viable revenue source in the foreseeable future. AT&T potentially acquiring EchoStar emphasizes the importance of two things: 1) capturing the video consumer through any distribution network, and 2) the importance of IP. There are other, related observations in our blog: http://www.inlethd.com/blog

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » Sling Media vendu à EchoStar http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181156 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:25:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181156 [...] tant que business à part, tout en préparant son service d’abonnements TV pour une possible vente à AT&T. Si cela se produit alors, un business EchoStar de technologie TV serait alors libre de vendre ses [...]

]]> By: GeraldZ http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181155 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:09:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181155 Very interesting development. But here’s my projection: television content will be distributed via ip directly from the content provider to the end user. No need for middlemen. Goodbye cable, satellite, fiber, etc.

http://www.InternetTvTalk.com

]]> By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181154 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:35:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181154 Not sure this really matters in the long run, since so many others have sling like devices now … But if I had AT&T’s network, I’d be worried about the cost of video delivery too …

]]> By: Sling Media Sells Out to EchoStar http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181153 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:13:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/26/echostar-att/#comment-181153 [...] TV-technology group as a separate business, while dressing up its TV subscription service for a sale to AT&T.  If that happens, then an independent EchoStar TV technology business would be free to sell [...]

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