(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)-美国电话电报公司(AT&T)周三未能公布第四季营收预估，因DirecTV订户的另一次亏损盖过了月度账单支付客户好于预期的签约人数.
Revenue from the entertainment segment, that includes satellite TV provider DirecTV, fell 6.1% to $11.23 billion.
包括卫星电视提供商DirecTV在内的娱乐部门的收入下降了6.1%，至112.3亿美元。
The company said it added 229,000 net new subscribers.
该公司表示，它新增了22.9万名新用户。
Analysts had estimated the company to add 145,000 subscribers, according to research firm FactSet.
根据研究公司FactSet的数据，分析师此前估计该公司将增加14.5万名订户。
AT&T has been losing satellite TV consumers as traditional television concedes to streaming platforms like Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc’s Prime.
随着传统电视向Netflix Inc.和Amazon.com Inc.的Prime等流媒体平台让步，AT&T一直在失去卫星电视消费者。
To counter that, it plans to launch its own streaming platform HBOMax in May.
为了应对这种情况，它计划在5月份推出自己的流媒体平台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月份宣布了一项为期三年的成本削减计划，其中包括出售价值高达100亿美元的资产以偿还债务，屈从于维权投资者埃利奥特管理公司(Elliott Management)的压力，埃利奥特管理公司对其昂贵的收购狂热提出质疑。
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日的季度总运营收入从去年同期的479.9亿美元降至468.2亿美元。
Analysts were expecting $46.96 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
根据Refinitiv的IBES数据，分析师预期为469.6亿美元。