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AT&T Eyes Wireless Video With DirecTV, Content Deals

AT&T’s deal to acquire satellite TV broadcaster DirecTV Group for $48.5 billion will make it the only provider of both nationwide pay-TV and wireless phone services, but melding those two businesses into a new moneymaker — mobile video — poses challenges. AT&T (T) on Sunday announced an agreement to acquire DirecTV (DTV) for $95 per share, 70% in stock and 30% in cash. DirecTV shareholders would own 15% of AT&T if regulators approve the merger.

MLB Brings More Games, Ads To Online Sports Service

Major League Baseball’s strategy for the Internet this year includes more games and more ad revenue. MLB.TV, the league’s online service that shows live baseball games over the Internet that are not shown locally on TV, will provide its paid premium-plan subscribers with first-time access to the World Series, All-Star Game and some previously unavailable national games. It also plans to get more advertising revenue from the service. Making the

F5 Sales Growth Rebounds On Security, ADC Demand

F5 Networks is hiring. That’s a good sign for a company whose growth slowed markedly in 2013. The company added 115 new employees in fiscal Q2 and expects to hire another 100-plus this quarter. Many are salespeople. “We’re hiring because we are seeing demand overall as an opportunity,” John McAdam, the data center gear maker’s CEO, said during a fiscal Q2 earnings call on April 23. “I think you’ll see us doing (more hiring) in the future because