With the DirecTV acquisition, AT&T's greater leverage over the networks and studios would allow them to better negotiate for true, Internet-based IPTV distribut

With the DirecTV acquisition, AT&T's greater leverage over the networks and studios would allow them to better negotiate for true, Internet-based IPTV distribution, ala Dish's SlingTV. They've got the infrastructure in U-Verse video, already an IPTV product. Not much would prevent them from opening the firewalls and allowing subscribers from outside the AT&T network. Who needs STBs? Just have subscribers purchase a Roku-type device. They're throwing away a ton of potential here. Satellite TV, in its current form, is not the answer.