CBS says AT&T might shut down U-verse after DirecTV merger [telecom]

Jun 09, 2015 0 Replies

By Daniel Frankel



With talks for a wide-ranging carriage renewal deal with AT&T bogging down, CBS Corp. executives are wondering if the wireless giant plans to keep its U-verse pay-TV operation in business after its $49 billion merger with DirecTV finally closes.



The Wall Street Journal quotes unnamed CBS executives as saying that AT&T appears "disinterested" in renewing a carriage agreement that expires June 30.



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