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DirecTV Now Confirms $10/Month Price Hike for Existing Users, Raises HBO From $5 to $15/Month for New Add-Ons
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Looking at my next bill in April, this is not true. Unless there is a glitch in their billing...
Current: Go Big $40 + HBO $5 + Showtime $8 = $53
April 12: Go Big $50 + HB0 $15 + Showtime: $11 = $76 (even though it shows $78 on my next bill)
20 hours... LOL
OK, looks like everyone who's saying the rise doesnt actually effect those with existing plans, at least those that signed up with specific promos, but they arent showing the AT&T discount on your pricing is correct, they really need to clarify this
They had huge subscriber losses last year.
They tried to recapture revenue by sticking it to Dish with HBO pricing and Dish walked away.
This is just another way to get the money they are losing by not signing Dish with an HBO contract.
The only thing related to AT&T in my house is my home internet and that's because my ISP uses them for central office to house connection (FTN then copper).
They tried to recapture revenue by sticking it to Dish with HBO pricing and Dish walked away.
This is just another way to get the money they are losing by not signing Dish with an HBO contract.
The only thing related to AT&T in my house is my home internet and that's because my ISP uses them for central office to house connection (FTN then copper).
I don't think you received accurate info from the CSR. I signed up for DIRECTV Now on day one in November 2016, am grandfathered at the now $40.00 rate (soon to become $50), and when I go to add HBO to my DTVN account, it shows the cost as being $15/month whereas previously it was $5/month.
Edit: Nevermind. I misread your post and didn't see that you apparently already subscribe to HBO. That's the difference. The CSR was probably right, in that case.
As I understand it, existing customers with any of the old plans could add and stay with HBO for $5/mo until yesterday. Effective today, it's now $15 to add it.
I'm curious about this as well. I started on the $10 plan with free HBO (should have known it wouldn't last)
EDIT. Just checked. My bill is now $15 (after the price hike last year) but I still have HBO.
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At one point HBO was the service to have. Now, they've got the last season of Game of Thrones and I don't see anything on the horizon that compares--except more GOT spin off's maybe. Netflix is the clear leader and Hulu has really improved lately at well. $15 a month for HBO in 2019? Good luck with that.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is excellent, and since it's weekly and topical it's better to watch fresh, I love Westworld as well (and I think it compares favorably to GoT), and my wife loves True Detective though I havent gotten into it personally, plus they have their pile of older quality shows and rotating movies. For the $5/mo I pay now totally worth it, though yeah, $15 starts getting harder when Netflix is about the same with much more recent high quality content (currently have both)
I want nothing to do with AT&T.... they told the federal judge presiding over the merger one thing and did another.... The only thing holding me onto HBO are game of thrones and Bill Maher but I can always watch new rules some other way....AT&T also pushed out HBO head Richard Plepler who was responsible for many of HBO's successes.... I doubt AT&T will have as many successes as he had....
GOT never appealed to me. Only Bill Maher and John Oliver, but without any other interesting programming, HBO still wasn't worth $5/mo to me back then.
For what it's worth, the age appears to be around 14, when you can comfortably drop the hammer on the kids and tell them that Nick, Disney, et al are going away. at that age they've discovered binge watching shows on Netflix by then anyways.
I am still being charged $40.00 for the Go Big (Grandfathered) and my HBO/and 3rd concurrent stream is free because of my AT&T Wireless account. Strange thing is, next month I will be charged the same (look at the bottom of your bill summary page), so no increase for me, for some reason...which I am not complaining but just seems odd. I will certainly take it!
YouTube tv is great at 35. Dvr is stellar.
The cons. Recordings can turn into on demand garbage filled with commercials on some. Sound is stereo. No Dolby. Forwarding and rewinding could be better.
Works great to record sports though or tons of shows for its unlimited dvr. 5-6 accounts.
It’s definitely a nobrainer for now among the options. I usually rotate Netflix, Hulu, in the one streaming extra I budget for and 4K streaming among those is key. Amazon is separate and a bonus as I consider prime a membership fee.
Apple would need 4K hdr at a minimum to toss into the rotation. Even then why not wait for the library to get a lot bigger or see what happens. And sorry but Disney would trump Apple and maybe the others from the start imo.
The cons. Recordings can turn into on demand garbage filled with commercials on some. Sound is stereo. No Dolby. Forwarding and rewinding could be better.
Works great to record sports though or tons of shows for its unlimited dvr. 5-6 accounts.
It’s definitely a nobrainer for now among the options. I usually rotate Netflix, Hulu, in the one streaming extra I budget for and 4K streaming among those is key. Amazon is separate and a bonus as I consider prime a membership fee.
Apple would need 4K hdr at a minimum to toss into the rotation. Even then why not wait for the library to get a lot bigger or see what happens. And sorry but Disney would trump Apple and maybe the others from the start imo.
I am still being charged $40.00 for the Go Big (Grandfathered) and my HBO/and 3rd concurrent stream is free because of my AT&T Wireless account. Strange thing is, next month I will be charged the same (look at the bottom of your bill summary page), so no increase for me, for some reason...which I am not complaining but just seems odd. I will certainly take it!
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Don't count on their next month expected charge comment. They can instantly change that the day before, as they did with me.
I am still being charged $40.00 for the Go Big (Grandfathered) and my HBO/and 3rd concurrent stream is free because of my AT&T Wireless account. Strange thing is, next month I will be charged the same (look at the bottom of your bill summary page), so no increase for me, for some reason...which I am not complaining but just seems odd. I will certainly take it!
The price hike goes into effect April 12th. Because yours will bill on the 10th they are giving you the old rate. Your bill for May 10th will have a $10 price hike.
does this affect the original subscribers also? i have the the go big package for 40 and HBO for 5 so it pays off for me.
Ahh, thank you for clarifying that for me. I guess I should have read the article instead of just skim through it. Though I swore I read an article yesterday that said the price hike was starting this month.
Also, does anyone know for sure if this effects those of us that signed up on day one with the promo's or if we have AT&T Wireless service?