IT's everyone else's fault
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-chief-says-tech-giants-hold-too-much-power-over-streaming-11603132442
Asked Monday about how the streaming service has performed, Mr. Stankey said the app was “well beyond our objective of having over an hour of engagement,” adding that “we still have work to do to get the scaling done.” – That's C Suite for "We don't have any customers"
This moran got everything he wanted the last 10 years - net neutrality gone, a huge tax cut, big merger approvals, no oversite from the FCC, no limits on political contributions, the big FirstNet contract with the government...a potted plant could've done better with all these advantages.
How can such a weak loser rise to the top of of a huge company like this?
Amazon Fire TV and Roku don't want your garbage HBO Max on their platform. Get over it Stank, your product s*@ks.
There was a time when AT&T held all the cards and they were content. Shoe's on the other foot now and the whining has begun. Coincidentally, the government, obviously seeing the future, tried to stop both the DTV and Warner purchases, but like a stubborn mule, AT&T did not listen. Look at you now.
WHAT A TOTAL DISASTER ATT HAS BECOME...who would have ever thought this company would be in the financial dire straights it finds itself in! MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENTS!
When you can't compete in the market, go write fat checks to the politicians and ask for some quid pro quo.
Next step will be to hire Hunter as a board member.
Big Loser Stankey crying to Congress to do something. Oh what a powerful business mind!
he could control his bonus and the ones for his cronies by closing the deal... that was it.
Wasn't the pitch of buying DTV to own distribution channels that we could control content prices? Another Stinky failure to deliver.