DirecTV, Dish Network
DirecTV to Acquire Dish in Merger of Satellite TV Rivals
DirecTV announced a deal to acquire EchoStar's Dish and Sling TV for $1 plus assumption of nearly $10 billion in debt.
DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1
DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off talks about the satellite services merging.
DirecTV Placed on Credit Watch Negative After Unveiling Deal to Merge With Dish
Credit ratings agency S&P Global notes the "linear TV industry is rapidly shrinking" and the increased scale provided by a merger may not offset subscriber declines.
DirecTV and Dish Network to merge as satellite providers look to keep customers in streaming wars
AT&T is selling the rest of its stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG Partners in an approximately $7.6 billion deal, a move that ends its ties to the entertainment industry
DirecTV And Dish To Merge, Creating U.S. Pay-TV Giant, As AT&T Completes Exit From Entertainment
DirecTV is acquiring satellite rival Dish Network, creating by far the largest U.S. pay-TV operator. The two satellite companies, which have struggled in recent years due to cord-cutting and their innate inability to offer broadband services, have discussed coming together several times over the years.
Dish-DirecTV Deal Sparks Creditor Revolt Over $1.6 Billion Loss
Creditors to US satellite television firm Dish Network plan to block a distressed exchange that’s a key part of its tie-up with rival DirecTV, according to people familiar with the matter.
Dish Network strikes merger deal with DirecTV, refinancing Boost Mobile
Parent company Echostar's CEO likened the deals to “landing two or three 747s on the runway without crashing them.”
DirecTV And Dish Merger Could Create The Largest Pay-TV Distributor
In this era of cord cutting the announced merger of DirecTV with Dish/Sling would result in 18 million subscribers, making it the largest pay-TV distributor
DirecTV CEO Sees a Future Beyond Satellites in Big Pay-TV Merger
DirecTV’s proposed takeover of rival Dish is an admission that the satellite-TV business is fading. Chief Executive Officer Bill Morrow has big ideas about what could come next.
Dish creditors “revolt” over DirecTV merger, try to block loss-making deal
DirecTV's agreement to buy the Dish satellite and streaming TV business from EchoStar is facing opposition from Dish creditors who would be forced to take a loss on the value of their debt. Dish creditors "plan to block a distressed exchange that's a key part of its tie-up with rival DirecTV,
DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1, assuming its billions of dollars in debt
DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against ...
Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights the onslaught of streaming services
DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling as the company, a deal it has sought to complete for years as seeks to better compete ...
Colorado-based EchoStar cuts Dish Network and Sling loose so Boost Mobile can move forward
Long-time rival DirecTV on Monday said it will pay $1 and assume $9.7 billion in EchoStar debt to acquire Dish Network and ...
It's do-or-die for DirecTV and Dish — so they're teaming up
DirecTV said on Monday that it had agreed to acquire Dish Network in a deal that would create one of the largest pay-TV ...
On Your Side gets Scottsdale man $500 credit from satellite provider
On Your Side contacted Dish TV and, after asking them to investigate, they issued Bernie a $500 credit on his Dish bill.