This week during their annual analysts meeting, AT&T announced plans to put an end to their satellite TV service. “We’ve launched our last satellite,” John Donovan, CEO of AT&T Communications, said during the meeting.
According to Cord Cutter News, this lines up well with a 2016 report that AT&T planned to have streaming as their primary TV service in 2020 to 2022. Now that does not mean DIRECTV Satellite will shut down in a few years, but it does mean that as the satellites in space wear out they won’t be replaced.
In 2019, AT&T is launching a streaming version of DIRECTV. This service is reported to be offering the same packages as DIRECTV but without the need for a dish or a truck to come to your home.
AT&T is one step closer to this new streaming version of DIRECTV as they are now beta testing a set-top box to replace your satellite services with a streaming one. A streaming service that will look extremely similar to their current satellite version.
AT&T has said that a streaming version of DIRECTV will be far less expensive.
Meanwhile, AT&T will start charging customers for the full month after they cancel TV or Internet service, ending its customer-friendly practice of providing a prorated credit for the final month.
Even if you cancel on the first day of a new billing period, you'll be charged for the full month and service will continue for the rest of the month whether you want it or not. To avoid paying for a month of service you don't want, you'd need to cancel by the last day of the previous billing period.
The change will take effect on January 14, 2019.
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