By Samantha Bookman. FierceOnlineVideo, May 10, 2014
Calling DirecTV the best video provider in the business, AT&T CEO/Chairman Randall Stephenson made video delivery across all screens -- television and mobile devices -- a key point in an investor call discussing its $48.5 billion acquisition of the satellite pay-TV provider.
"This is a unique combination. No other company will have a nationwide mobile footprint, a nationwide video footprint, a broadband footprint as extensive as this one. This will redefine the video entertainment industry," Stephenson said.
"We've had on and off conversations about the industry and whether it makes sense to put these two companies together," Stephenson told investors and analysts on the call Monday. "The whole idea, the vision of delivering video on all screens: The more we looked and evaluated, we knew we needed to be scaled in video."
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So what are they going to name the merged company?
Here's my suggestion: at&t&t
Neal McLain