How the new AT&T could bully its way to streaming domination

After decades of soaring cable TV prices, the streaming revolution has finally arrived. Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, and Amazon are all fully stocked services, entirely capable of competing with cable on content, and they’re all rated far higher in customer satisfaction than the companies they hope to supplant. The result is new competition for cable companies that’s pushing them into the streaming business. Nearly every broadcaster that’s currently in the cable TV lineup will offer some kind of direct-to-consumer streaming service by 2022. Most notable will be Disney’s looming Disney+ service, which will soon be the exclusive streaming home of must-have content from Pixar, Marvel, and the Star Wars universe. AT&T plans to launch its own... Continue reading…