DirecTV is considering a merger with rival Dish: report

The Dish Network satellite television provider is considering a merger with AT & T's DirecTV service. However, according to a Reuters report, AT & T and Dish have no ongoing active conversation.

Dish Network has accumulated spectrum for years, but has not yet created its own satellite network; it could also be an attractive acquisition for AT & T in the development of its 5G network. In 2017, Dish Network spent 6.2 billion US dollars to get even more spectrum in the 600 MHz band.

According to recent rumors, AT & T could cede the business of DirecTV, which could be acquired by Dish Network.

DirecTV of AT & T loses customers in the middle of competition with the giants of the streaming like Netflix and Amazon Prime. In April, DirecTV announced a quarterly loss of 83,000 subscribers to its service. streaming, which followed a loss of 267,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018.

DirecTV finished the year 2018 with 1.6 million subscribers; At the end of March 2019, there were 1.5 million.

Also in the first quarter of 2019, AT & T lost 544,000 traditional pay-TV subscribers in its DirecTV satellite business and AT & T U-verse services. In April 2019, AT & T 22.4 million TV subscribers.

Randall Stephenson, chief executive of AT & T, said in April that he planned to continue losing pay-TV subscribers next quarter, but that losses would stabilize by the end of April. in 2019. He added that the recent price increase of $ 10 to $ 50 a month for DirecTV makes the product more "sustainable". "Make no mistake, this segment of the market is very price sensitive," he said.

Dish and AT & T did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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