Twitter Inc (TWTR) Stock Is the Surprise Loser of the AT&T-Time Warner Merger

The big news in the market this week is AT&T Inc.‘s (NYSE:T) massive $85 billion buyout bid for Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX). The deal would certainly impact the telecom and cable TV markets, but Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) and Twitter stock investors could end up as surprise losers as well.

It’s no secret that the biggest issue for TWTR stock in recent years has been disappointing user and ad revenue growth.

A while back, I wrote about one potential idea that Twitter has been pursuing lately: streaming live TV. While Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), AlphabetInc (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon.com, Inc.(NASDAQ:AMZN) have all established dominant positions in the streaming video space, their one weakness is live TV.

Last year, Twitter has been dipping its toes into live streaming by signing sports deals with the NFL, MLB, NHL, Wimbledon and the NBA. TWTR’s live stream of the second presidential debate reached 2.5 million people as well.

This push into live streaming TV could mean that Twitter is making a move to compete with “skinny bundle” services like Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE)’s PlayStation Vue and DISH Network Corp(NASDAQ:DISH)’s Sling TV. TWTR stock already has an inherent advantage over these fledgling services because its app is already installed on millions of devices worldwide.

AT&T Is Raining on the Twitter Stock Parade

Just when Twitter stock investors began to see a window of opportunity, AT&T is making…

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