AT&T Ceases Venezuela Operations Due to US Sanctions
AT&T closed its DirecTV operations in Venezuela due to U.S. sanctions, the company said May 19. AT&T said U.S. sanctions block the broadcast of “Globovision and PDVSA’s channels, both of which are required under DIRECTV’s license to provide pay TV…
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service in Venezuela.” The company said its U.S. leadership closed its Venezuelan operations “because it is impossible for AT&T’s DIRECTV unit to comply with the legal requirements of both countries.”