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AT&T announces data-free streaming of DirectTV and U-Verse over its network

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Customers who have AT&amp;T for their wireless service and DirecTV or U-Verse for television will now be able to watch live or recorded shows from a mobile device without eating into their data caps.</p><p>
The big perk comes with the latest update to the DirectTV app, which is out now for iOS and “coming soon” to Android.</p><p>
The latest plan by AT&amp;T is part of a new trend to keep customers inside of a company’s bundled services. T-Mobile’s Binge On (http://www.greenbot.com/article/3099907/android/t-mobile-bulks-up-binge-on-with-abc-fox-now-apple-music-and-more.html) and new unlimited data plans (http://www.greenbot.com/article/3113477/mobile/t-mobile-tinkers-with-new-unlimited-plans-after-getting-hit-with-negative-feedback.html) similarly nudge consumers into preferred services with the lure of attractive offers, raising some eyebrows in the process. The FCC has begun to look into the practice (http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/17/10449076/fcc-questions-tmobile-att-comcast-over-zero-rating-programs), but for now there isn’t anything yet to raise the agency’s ire.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3118050/android/att-announces-data-free-streaming-of-directtv-and-u-verse-over-its-network.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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