DirecTV, Dish Network
AT&T exits pay-TV and frees DirecTV to combine with rival Dish
DirecTV promptly announces deal to acquire EchoStar’s video business that includes Dish TV and Sling TV, cementing a combination the two have sought for decades.
DirecTV agrees to buy satellite rival Dish (and its debt) for one dollar
DirecTV today announced an agreement to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV streaming business from EchoStar for a nominal fee of $1 in what the companies called a debt exchange transaction. DirecTV will take on $9.75 billion of Dish debt if the deal is completed.
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 to Acquire Dish and Sling TV, Creating Largest U.S. TV Provider
The merger of EchoStar's video businesses and DirecTV will also coincide with TPG agreeing to buy out the 70 percent of DirecTV that it does not own from AT&T.
DirecTV Strikes Deal to Acquire Dish Network
The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, would create one of the largest pay-TV distributors in the U.S. The companies were blocked in an attempt to merge in 2002.
Ergen Needs Creditors He Once Spurned to Seal Dish-DirecTV Deal
Charlie Ergen’s decades-long dream to combine his satellite-TV company Dish Network Corp. with rival DirecTV hinges on the willingness of creditors he has irked in the past to write off part of their investment in the heavily indebted company.
DirecTV to acquire Dish Network for $1, assume debt
TPG, a private equity firm that already owns 30% of DirecTV, will have a majority stake in DirectTV from AT&T. The deal still needs to be approved by federal regulators.
DirecTV to Acquire Dish in Debt Assumption Deal Worth $9.75 Billion
DirecTV and Dish are merging, creating a pay TV mega-company during a time of great volatility in the linear and pay TV space. The deal will see DirecTV acquiring the video distribution business of Dish's parent company EchoStar,
DirecTV to buy debt-laden rival Dish for $1 after decades-long pursuit
DirecTV agreed to buy satellite rival Dish network Monday, ending decades of on-and-off talks in a deal that will create one of the country’s largest pay TV distributors with a combined 20 million subscribers.
AT&T sells stake in DirecTV for $7.6 billion as it exits entertainment biz, as DirecTV buys Dish
AT&T is selling its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG a decade after agreeing to buy the satellite TV ...
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 ...
DirecTV and Dish are merging
The DirecTV and Dish merger is subject to regulatory approval and serves as a lifeline for EchoStar, which has no means to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
AT&T sells DirecTV stake in blockbuster pay TV merger
AT&T is selling its 70% stake in DirecTV in a seismic deal for the satellite television world that will make the combined ...