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DirecTV to Hike Prices After Owner AT&T Promised Cheaper Bills
- AT&T told judge in antitrust trial DirecTV prices would drop
- Price increase underscores risk of consumer harm from mergers
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AT&T Inc. is hiking prices on its pay TV services for the second time since January, even after telling a judge during the U.S. antitrust trial last year that prices would go down if it was allowed to buy Time Warner Inc.
Next month, most of the 1.6 million subscribers of DirecTV Now, a live TV streaming service, will be charged $10 a month more as AT&T changes its programming packages. That follows a price increase in January for its traditional satellite service.