Greenfield: DirecTV Now will force Comcast to take Xfinity Stream national – FierceCable

Greenfield: DirecTV Now will force Comcast to take Xfinity Stream national

Comcast has maintained a successful facilities-based pay-TV business and has only begun dabbling in OTT video services. But BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield says AT&T’s plans to offer DirecTV Now nationwide and without a satellite means Comcast will likely have to respond with a nationally available virtual MVPD of its own.

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