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The Telecom Digest for Wed, 10 Mar 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 69 : "text" format

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Mentor Channel Technical Issues On Spectrum & AT&T
Corporations Can't Have It Both Ways on Voting Rights
AT&T CFO breaks down economic benefits of DirecTV spinoff

Message-ID: <20210309161338.C57E657A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 16:13:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Mentor Channel Technical Issues On Spectrum & AT&T "We are currently experiencing technical issues with the Mentor Channel feed going to Spectrum and AT&T." We are currently experiencing technical issues with the Mentor Channel feed going to Spectrum and AT&T. The problem should be rectified by Tuesday, March 3, 2021. In the meantime, viewers can watch online as well as on ROKU, Apple and Android devices and YouTube. https://patch.com/ohio/mentor/mentor-channel-technical-issues-spectrum-t
Message-ID: <20210309165211.A347E57A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 16:52:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Corporations Can't Have It Both Ways on Voting Rights By Nsé Ufot Some of the country's biggest corporations are getting away with a stunning level of deception in Georgia. Companies like Coca-Cola, Delta, UPS, and AT&T have made a public show of supporting voting rights, and the rights of Black voters in particular. With splashy ads and Black History Month campaigns, they've tried to curry favor with customers by trading on the history of the Civil Rights Movement and portraying themselves as allies of its modern-day equivalent. https://crooked.com/articles/corporations-voting-rights/
Message-ID: <20210309155624.699D457A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 15:56:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T CFO breaks down economic benefits of DirecTV spinoff by Ben Munson AT&T CFO John Stephens broke down some of the long-term financial benefits his company could see from its recent deal to spinoff its linear video businesses. Last month, AT&T announced a deal TPG Capital to establish a new company named DirecTV that will own and operate DirecTV, AT&T TV, and U-verse. The deal implies an enterprise value of $16.25 billion for the new company, of which AT&T will own 70% of the common equity. https://www.fiercevideo.com/video/at-t-cfo-breaks-down-economic-benefits-directv-spinoff
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