DirecTV on Thursday formally ... chunk of debt to focus on building out a wireless services play. “While we believed a combination of DirecTV and Dish would have benefitted all stakeholders ...

which was meant to create a fourth major wireless carrier in the US but has mostly just created confusion in various midsize Western cities. The DirecTV and Dish merger is subject to regulatory ...

DirecTV and Dish are in advanced ... account for the lower value of the operation. Dish, meanwhile, has been seeking to transition from pay-TV to wireless services but has racked up significant ...

EchoStar said it would be able "to focus more clearly on enhancing and further deploying its nationwide 5G Open RAN wireless network." DirecTV and Dish tried to merge over two decades ago.

DirecTV agreed to buy satellite rival Dish network Monday ... including over $30 billion in wireless spectrum investments, that would continue to operate as a stand-alone company.

DirecTV says it is walking away from its planned acquisition of EchoStar's video distribution service, DISH DBS, after DISH bondholders rejected a debt exchange offer from the satellite TV provider.

DirecTV and ... to win in the wireless business,” EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts on a call Monday. DirecTV said it estimates that the combination with Dish has the potential to ...

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a TV service megamerger, but it fell ...

“This will provide U.S. wireless consumers with more choices and help to drive innovation at a faster pace.” EchoStar’s stock climbed nearly 3% before the market open. The DirecTV and Dish ...

New York (CNN) — DirecTV announced ... half to TPG on Monday. Dish Network is a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (SATS), which also owns Sling TV and rights to wireless spectrum used for ...