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NEW YORK — AT&T is launching a brand new internet-delivered TV service Monday because it struggles with a shrinking DirecTV satellite tv for pc enterprise.
The brand new service, AT&T TV, can have a lot of the identical channels supplied on DirecTV, but it surely’ll come over the web quite than a satellite tv for pc dish. AT&T has been testing the service in 13 markets and is now making it obtainable to anybody.
The service shouldn’t be confused with AT&T TV Now (previously DirecTV Now), notes tech information web site The Verge.
It’s contract-based, “which is a departure from the liberty you get with month-to-month streaming TV apps like YouTube TV, Hulu with Dwell TV, and Sling TV. Signing up for a two-year settlement will get you an Android TV set-top field and a really cable-like distant management (with a Google Assistant button),” The Verge provides.
The free system may even include Netflix and different streaming apps, the way in which Comcast’s X1 cable field does. Extra bins value $120.
The channel lineups and costs are comparable with what’s obtainable from DirecTV, however AT&T TV doesn’t have NFL Sunday Ticket, a bundle of out-of-market soccer video games.
The corporate is attempting to adapt to the shift to streaming video, as subscribers to conventional cable and satellite tv for pc TV companies fall. In Could, it’s launching HBO Max, a $15-a-month streaming service that can marry HBO exhibits with authentic applications and TV exhibits and flicks from WarnerMedia. AT&T additionally has a web-based bundle that began as a less expensive service with fewer channels than a standard bundle, however it’s shedding prospects after value will increase. AT&T is now attempting to downplay that service in favor of the brand new AT&T TV.
Prospects don’t should be AT&T web or wi-fi prospects to enroll, though there are discounted packages obtainable. And the corporate is selling the service by saying it gained’t rely in opposition to AT&T knowledge caps.
By itself, AT&T TV begins at $50 a month for a yr with a two-year contract. As with many conventional TV companies, the promo fee expires after a yr. Some packages additionally include a $eight.50 charge for regional sports activities.
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