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AT&T to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion

Name: AT&T to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion
Uploaded: 2014-05-19T07:14:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 33 s
Description: If AT&T buys DirecTV, it would create the second-largest paid television provider in the country, with 26 million subscribers. CBS News financial contributor Mellody Hobson discusses with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts the potential purchase and what it would mean for consumers.

If AT&T buys DirecTV, it would create the second-largest paid television provider in the country, with 26 million subscribers. CBS News financial contributor Mellody Hobson discusses with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts the potential purchase and what it would mean for consumers.