DirecTV and Dish plan merger to survive streaming era, pending regulator approval
Two related transactions could realign the satellite pay-TV market as millions of customers continue to cut the cord in favor ...
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 ...
Beyond ‘Megaflopolis’: Winning and losing at the box office is all about the zeitgeist
No one thought Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' would be a box office triumph. For other films, capturing the ...
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DirecTV to Acquire Company That Owns Dish TV and Sling TV
DirecTV and EchoStar, the two largest satellite TV providers in the US, have finally agreed to merge. The reasoning given it ...
AT&T exits pay-TV and frees DirecTV to combine with rival Dish
AT&T (T) first attempted to exit the business in 2021 when it sold a 30% stake to TPG (TPG) and set up a joint venture. The venture has since paid regular cash distributions to its owners and AT&T has ...
DirecTV to buy Dish Network and Sling TV for $1 (plus an assumption of debt)
AT&T said Monday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will receive payments from TPG and DirecTV ...
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 ...
EchoStar Stock Hit On Deal To Sell Dish TV To DirecTV
Shares of EchoStar Corp. dropped around 12 percent on Monday's regular trading and more than 1 percent in the extended trading on ...
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Ergen will gain “greatest opportunity” by losing Dish
It should not be forgotten in the acres of business news coverage over the DirecTV (and TPG) acquisition of Dish Network that ...
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AT&T to sell remaining stake in DirecTV to private equity firm
The company expects to see an influx of cash to the tune of nearly $8 billion from the sale of its 70 percent stake in the ...
DirecTV's Merger With DISH Might Be a Good Thing
DirecTV is acquiring DISH through a $9.75 billion debt exchange transaction. This deal, pending approval, would create a ...
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Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights streaming services
DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant. DirecTV said Monday that it ...