(Reuters) - AT&T Inc missed fourth-quarter revenue estimates on Wednesday, as another loss in DirecTV subscriptions overshadowed a better-than-expected sign ups in monthly bill paying customers.
(路透社)-美國電話電報公司(AT&T)週三未能公佈第四季營收預估，因DirecTV訂戶的另一次虧損蓋過了月度賬單支付客戶好於預期的簽約人數.
Revenue from the entertainment segment, that includes satellite TV provider DirecTV, fell 6.1% to $11.23 billion.
包括衛星電視提供商DirecTV在內的娛樂部門的收入下降了6.1%，至112.3億美元。
The company said it added 229,000 net new subscribers.
該公司表示，它新增了22.9萬名新用戶。
Analysts had estimated the company to add 145,000 subscribers, according to research firm FactSet.
根據研究公司FactSet的數據，分析師此前估計該公司將增加14.5萬名訂戶。
AT&T has been losing satellite TV consumers as traditional television concedes to streaming platforms like Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc’s Prime.
隨著傳統電視向Netflix Inc.和Amazon.com Inc.的Prime等流媒體平臺讓步，AT&T一直在失去衛星電視消費者。
To counter that, it plans to launch its own streaming platform HBOMax in May.
為了應對這種情況，它計劃在5月份推出自己的流媒體平臺HBOMax。
AT&T announced a three-year cost-cut plan in October, which included asset sale worth up to $10 billion to pay off its debt, bowing to pressure from activist investor Elliott Management that questioned its spree of expensive acquisitions.
AT&T在10月份宣佈了一項為期三年的成本削減計劃，其中包括出售價值高達100億美元的資產以償還債務，屈從於維權投資者埃利奧特管理公司(Elliott Management)的壓力，埃利奧特管理公司對其昂貴的收購狂熱提出質疑。
Total operating revenue in the quarter ended Dec. 31 fell to $46.82 billion from $47.99 billion a year earlier.
截至12月31日的季度總運營收入從去年同期的479.9億美元降至468.2億美元。
Analysts were expecting $46.96 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
根據Refinitiv的IBES數據，分析師預期為469.6億美元。
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