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DirecTV Plans to Drop Right-Wing Cable’s One America News
Variety ^ | 01/14/2022 | Brian Steinberg

Posted on 01/14/2022 6:58:32 PM PST by aimhigh

One of the nation’s biggest satellite broadcasters, DirecTV, plans to drop carriage of the fringe right-wing cable outlet One America News, several months after a Reuters report revealed that AT&T, one of DirecTV’s owners, was responsible for a large part of the media outlet’s overall revenue.

OAN is owned by Herring Networks, founded by the entrepreneur Robert Herring Sr.

“We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we do not plan to enter into a new contract when our current agreement expires,” DirecTV said in a statement. A spokesman would not comment on a report from Bloomberg News Friday evening that said DirecTV’s current carriage contract was set to lapse in April. OAN executives could not be reached for immediate comment.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; byebyeoann; chat; chatforum; directtv; directv; directvnotdirecttv; getwokegobroke; oan; oann; oneamericanews; searchworks; wellbye
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1 posted on 01/14/2022 6:58:32 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Buh bye Direct TV


2 posted on 01/14/2022 7:01:03 PM PST by FlipWilson
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To: aimhigh

Get woke, go broke!


3 posted on 01/14/2022 7:04:28 PM PST by simpson96
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To: aimhigh

No surprise.


4 posted on 01/14/2022 7:06:14 PM PST by Coronal
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To: simpson96

DirecTV has been bleeding customers for quite some time. This will be a ripple with their current attrition rate. Of all the boneheaded moves AT&T has made over the years, and it’s numerous, purchasing DirecTV has to near the top of that list.


5 posted on 01/14/2022 7:10:55 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: aimhigh

“fringe right-wing cable outlet”

Nope. No bias there.


6 posted on 01/14/2022 7:16:53 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: aimhigh

Remember there was Dem talk of punishing broadcast services that carried Fox as a choice, such as Xfinity.

As if that’s actually the GOP answer to anything. It isn’t.


7 posted on 01/14/2022 7:17:51 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: aimhigh

DirectTV $275 month. We canceled 3 years ago. Skystream box $125 one time purchase. Then a real-debrid account $3/m or $18 for 6 months we watch whatever we want when we want. Even movies in theaters. Best decision ever.


8 posted on 01/14/2022 7:18:44 PM PST by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: FlipWilson

I switched from DISH to DirectTV a few years ago as they did not carry OAN. Now what?


9 posted on 01/14/2022 7:18:46 PM PST by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: aimhigh

Their contract expires in April, either OAN will renegotiate a new carrage contract or not


10 posted on 01/14/2022 7:21:04 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: CatOwner

Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV//arstechnica.com //
AT&T’s massive customer losses
DirecTV’s value rapidly declined under AT&T’s stewardship, as the company reported a $15.5 billion impairment charge in January 2021. AT&T last month said the DirecTV/TPG deal will lower AT&T’s expected revenue for the remainder of 2021 by $9 billion.Aug 3, 2021


11 posted on 01/14/2022 7:21:04 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Rennes Templar

See post #8


12 posted on 01/14/2022 7:21:26 PM PST by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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13 posted on 01/14/2022 7:22:20 PM PST by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
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To: CatOwner

With my Roku I can get 100s of free channels including OAN and Newsmax TV. Outside of live broadcasts I do not see how cable TV is going to survive in the next 10 years


14 posted on 01/14/2022 7:22:56 PM PST by LukeL
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To: aimhigh

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. Romans 2:8


15 posted on 01/14/2022 7:25:05 PM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: aimhigh

I was talking to Direct TV today about getting their service. Without OANN: no way.


16 posted on 01/14/2022 7:26:01 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: frank ballenger

Direct was pretty good until 2004, then they started cutting corners. By the time I subscribed to them after moving about five years ago, nothing worked, not “On demand, not the DVR, nothing. We asked to go down to their minimum tier. They cut off all programming and gave us only infomercial channels. When we could finally escape, we had to scream at them for two hours. Both they and Dish are complete trash.


17 posted on 01/14/2022 7:30:57 PM PST by Luke21
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To: aimhigh

Biden wants everyone censored because he knows we all hate him.


18 posted on 01/14/2022 7:35:09 PM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: LukeL
Is there a difference between OAN Plus (free w/ads) and OAN on AT&T's TV services?

I wonder if OAN will also be removed from AT&T's streaming TV service (oddly called DirecTV Stream, having *ZERO* to do with their satellite service)? The same goes for their Uverse TV service (Internet), which stopped taking new customers some time last year, I believe. How long before Uverse is finally cancelled?

19 posted on 01/14/2022 7:35:16 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Rennes Templar

I stream OAN through KlowdTV for $2.50 a month. About as close to being free as possible.


20 posted on 01/14/2022 7:37:33 PM PST by Dan in Wichita
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