private-equity-owned pay-TV company

DirecTV

A private-equity-owned pay-TV company selling satellite television, internet-delivered TV bundles, sports packages, and related subscription services. DirecTV remains useful for some rural and sports customers, but pay-TV bundle capture, cancellation friction risk, viewer-data collection, and TPG ownership make it a weak household media option.

Why this matters: DirecTV is a direct competitor to cable TV, DISH, streaming bundles, and sports subscriptions, and should be compared after its full separation from AT&T.

Letter grade F Malignant Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Parent / owner: TPG Last reviewed May 11, 2026

DIRECTV is owned by TPG after AT&T sold its remaining stake, and TPG is now listed separately.

Final Score -6* F - Malignant

FMALIGNANT-6 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material10

Bonus+0

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap10

Penalties-16

Private Government badge

DirecTV receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $890K on public policy issues.

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Owned by TPG

The parent profile is currently rated D (Extractive, 7*). This subsidiary is not mechanically capped at the parent score, but parent control is part of the ownership, governance, policy, accountability opacity, reversibility, and harm analysis.

Evaluation Overview

F - Malignant

The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Policy Capture.

Strengths

Extraction2/10
Product Integrity2/5
Governance1/10

Penalties

Policy Capture-5
Subscription Capture-3
Accountability Opacity-2
Surveillance Capture-2

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims12
Direct axis claims11
Coverage11/17

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	0 / 10	DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. That keeps DirecTV low on Ownership: decisive control remains with shareholders, private owners, executives, or state insiders rather than affected people. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. [1]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	1 / 10	DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated… DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. That keeps DirecTV low on Governance: ordinary users, workers, customers, or affected communities cannot change the rules that govern them. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. [2] context DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. [1] context DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. [3]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	2 / 10	DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated… DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. That keeps DirecTV low on Extraction: the business model makes extraction from workers, users, suppliers, customers, or the public central rather than incidental. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. [2] context DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. [1] context DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. [3]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	1 / 7	DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated… DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. That keeps DirecTV low on Labor Sovereignty: labor remains managerially controlled, replaceable, or exposed to coercive employment and contracting conditions. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. [2] context DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. [1] context DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. [3]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	1 / 7	DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated… DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. That keeps DirecTV low on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the model provides little protection for people who leave, are excluded, or cannot bargain from employment. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. [2] context DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. [1] context DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. [3]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	1 / 7	DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated… DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. That keeps DirecTV low on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: losses, hazards, or adjustment costs are routinely pushed onto workers, customers, suppliers, communities, or the public. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. [2] context DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. [1] context DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. [3]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	1 / 5	DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. That keeps DirecTV low on Market Conduct: market power, lock-in, coercive pricing, or exclusionary conduct is a major part of the institution's position. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. [3]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	2 / 5	DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated… DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. That places DirecTV in the middle of Product Integrity: the product has real use value but is compromised by incentives, monetization, lock-in, quality degradation, or risk. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. [2]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	1 / 5	DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated… DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. That keeps DirecTV low on Scale Integrity: scale magnifies harm, gatekeeping, opacity, or extraction rather than disciplining it. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase. [2] context DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities. [1] context DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers. [3]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Ecological Harm ? Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale, including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.	-1	DirecTV has environmental burden from network infrastructure, data centers, devices, equipment replacement, trucks, energy use, satellites, spectrum infrastructure, packaging, and e-waste. DirecTV has environmental burden from network infrastructure, data centers, devices, equipment replacement, trucks, energy use, satellites, spectrum infrastructure, packaging, and e-waste. That warrants a limited Ecological Harm penalty because the institution causes or defends ecological damage that is more than incidental to the model. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV has environmental burden from network infrastructure, data centers, devices, equipment replacement, trucks, energy use, satellites, spectrum infrastructure, packaging, and e-waste. [4]
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-5	OpenLobby records DIRECTV, LLC lobbying on communications, copyright / patents / trademarks, consumer product safety, MIA, technology, tax with about $890K in spending across 16 filings;… OpenLobby records DIRECTV, LLC lobbying on communications, copyright / patents / trademarks, consumer product safety, MIA, technology, tax with about $890K in spending across 16 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. That warrants a limited Policy Capture penalty because private institutional pressure is being applied to public rules while affected people cannot democratically govern that agenda. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence OpenLobby records DIRECTV, LLC lobbying on communications, copyright / patents / trademarks, consumer product safety, MIA, technology, tax with about $890K in spending across 16 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. [11]
Youth Capture ? Manipulative youth-directed marketing, youth-data or attention monetization, collectible/add-on traps, parasocial or identity capture, surprise mechanics, or treating young people as lower-disclosure consumers. Making useful toys or welcoming children is not itself penalized. Range: -5 to 0.	-1	DirecTV reaches families, students, and young users through mobile devices, entertainment bundles, sports/video packages, household plans, streaming, and always-on connectivity. DirecTV reaches families, students, and young users through mobile devices, entertainment bundles, sports/video packages, household plans, streaming, and always-on connectivity. That warrants a limited Youth Capture penalty because young people are treated as manipulable consumers, data sources, attention targets, or culture markets. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV reaches families, students, and young users through mobile devices, entertainment bundles, sports/video packages, household plans, streaming, and always-on connectivity. [5]
Subscription Capture ? Manipulative recurring-payment, automatic-renewal, cancellation-friction, bundling, trial-conversion, or refund designs that profit from inertia or confusion. Range: -5 to 0.	-3	DirecTV depends on recurring monthly bills, promotional pricing, bundles, equipment fees, device financing, contracts, loyalty inertia, and cancellation friction rather than one-time purchases. DirecTV depends on recurring monthly bills, promotional pricing, bundles, equipment fees, device financing, contracts, loyalty inertia, and cancellation friction rather than one-time purchases. That warrants a substantial Subscription Capture penalty because recurring-payment design profits from inertia, confusion, bundling, renewal friction, or cancellation difficulty. The value is substantial but not at the floor because the linked record shows serious conduct without the strongest aggravating factors on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV depends on recurring monthly bills, promotional pricing, bundles, equipment fees, device financing, contracts, loyalty inertia, and cancellation friction rather than one-time purchases. [6]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	DirecTV publishes service terms and notices, but ordinary customers often cannot easily compare total price, data practices, throttling, equipment fees, bundle terms, renewal pricing, arbitration, and cancellation effects at purchase time. DirecTV publishes service terms and notices, but ordinary customers often cannot easily compare total price, data practices, throttling, equipment fees, bundle terms, renewal pricing, arbitration, and cancellation effects at purchase time. That warrants a severe Accountability Opacity penalty because material facts, risks, conflicts, ownership, or accountability information are obscured from the public. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Linked evidence DirecTV publishes service terms and notices, but ordinary customers often cannot easily compare total price, data practices, throttling, equipment fees, bundle terms, renewal pricing, arbitration, and cancellation effects at purchase time. [7]
Identity Capture ? Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation. Range: -3 to 0.	-1	DirecTV turns connectivity, devices, sports packages, entertainment bundles, or network allegiance into brand identity beyond basic utility service. DirecTV turns connectivity, devices, sports packages, entertainment bundles, or network allegiance into brand identity beyond basic utility service. That warrants a limited Identity Capture penalty because users, workers, customers, or publics are pressured into identity attachment that protects institutional power. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV turns connectivity, devices, sports packages, entertainment bundles, or network allegiance into brand identity beyond basic utility service. [8]
Surveillance Capture ? Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.	-2	DirecTV privacy materials, transparency reports, or enforcement history show collection, processing, disclosure, or legal-demand handling of sensitive communications, location, browsing, viewing, device, account, or network-use data. DirecTV privacy materials, transparency reports, or enforcement history show collection, processing, disclosure, or legal-demand handling of sensitive communications, location, browsing, viewing, device, account, or network-use data. That warrants a substantial Surveillance Capture penalty because customers, workers, users, bystanders, or the public are exposed to invasive tracking, biometrics, or behavior scanning. The value is substantial but not at the floor because the linked record shows serious conduct without the strongest aggravating factors on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV privacy materials, transparency reports, or enforcement history show collection, processing, disclosure, or legal-demand handling of sensitive communications, location, browsing, viewing, device, account, or network-use data. [9]
Ideological Disavowal ? Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.	-1	DirecTV presents network access as neutral innovation or customer choice while underplaying the institutional power created by concentrated infrastructure, recurring billing, data access, and weak customer exit. DirecTV presents network access as neutral innovation or customer choice while underplaying the institutional power created by concentrated infrastructure, recurring billing, data access, and weak customer exit. That warrants a limited Ideological Disavowal penalty because the institution presents situated, contested choices as neutrality, expertise, inevitability, safety, or common sense. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence DirecTV presents network access as neutral innovation or customer choice while underplaying the institutional power created by concentrated infrastructure, recurring billing, data access, and weak customer exit. [10]

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Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 70/100

11 verified linked claims 11 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 11/17 components covered

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Claim confidence 13/20

11 verified linked claims

Source quality 12/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

11 direct claims across 17 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 6/10

11/17 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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Claims and Sources

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1DirecTV is controlled by shareholders, private owners, family ownership, or private equity rather than by customers, workers, subscribers, municipalities, or affected communities.

Ownership Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

2DirecTV sells household connectivity, mobile, broadband, TV, satellite, device, or business-network services; the product has high practical utility, but users depend on concentrated networks, plans, equipment, and account systems rather than a simple competitive purchase.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

3DirecTV operates in telecom, broadband, satellite, TV, or mobile markets where local scarcity, switching costs, bundles, equipment, spectrum, franchises, and network effects give providers unusual power over customers.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

4DirecTV has environmental burden from network infrastructure, data centers, devices, equipment replacement, trucks, energy use, satellites, spectrum infrastructure, packaging, and e-waste.

Ecological Harm Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

5DirecTV reaches families, students, and young users through mobile devices, entertainment bundles, sports/video packages, household plans, streaming, and always-on connectivity.

Youth Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

6DirecTV depends on recurring monthly bills, promotional pricing, bundles, equipment fees, device financing, contracts, loyalty inertia, and cancellation friction rather than one-time purchases.

Subscription Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

7DirecTV publishes service terms and notices, but ordinary customers often cannot easily compare total price, data practices, throttling, equipment fees, bundle terms, renewal pricing, arbitration, and cancellation effects at purchase time.

Accountability Opacity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

8DirecTV turns connectivity, devices, sports packages, entertainment bundles, or network allegiance into brand identity beyond basic utility service.

Identity Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

9DirecTV privacy materials, transparency reports, or enforcement history show collection, processing, disclosure, or legal-demand handling of sensitive communications, location, browsing, viewing, device, account, or network-use data.

Surveillance Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

10DirecTV presents network access as neutral innovation or customer choice while underplaying the institutional power created by concentrated infrastructure, recurring billing, data access, and weak customer exit.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

TPG completion of DirecTV acquisitionGeneral web source · 58%
Axios on AT&T completing DirecTV saleGeneral web source · 58%
DirecTV privacy policy legacy AT&T PDFOfficial self-description · 68%

11OpenLobby records DIRECTV, LLC lobbying on communications, copyright / patents / trademarks, consumer product safety, MIA, technology, tax with about $890K in spending across 16 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role.

Policy Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — DIRECTV, LLC lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

12DirecTV receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $890K on public policy issues.

Private Government Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — DIRECTV, LLC lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

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