The more headlines I see about the merger, the more it becomes obvious how bad this is going to be not just for Time Warner but for AT&T employees as well.
AT&T has major plans for Time, and to get there it'll need money. Guess where that money will come from?
Ditectv was free to DTV employees, T employees pay for the service. I have not seen an email yet, but think the OP indicates free HBO to DTV or DTV NOW customers. To balance with free Netflix offer from T mobile.
HBO has always been free to employees.
I read this morning that HBO is now free of charge for employees. Just keep giving away more money!