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DirecTV said on Monday it is acquiring competing satellite service Dish Network following years of talk around a potential merger. The deal, if approved from government regulators, would make ...
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 ...
So much for that dream. DirecTV was going to buy EchoStar (which includes Dish Network) and become the U.S.’s largest pay-TV provider, a move that would make the megacorp perhaps television’s ...
DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company. The deal was reliant on Dish bond holders agreeing to trade in the debt ...
DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of Colorado-based rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company. The deal was reliant on Dish bond holders agreeing to ...
By Georg Szalai, Alex Weprin Satellite TV giant DirecTV said it was abandoning a deal with Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar to acquire video distribution business Dish DBS, including Dish TV and Sling ...
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 ...
As expected, DirecTV has formally walked away from the deal that would have merged the company with rival satellite cable provider Dish Network. “While we believed a combination of DIRECTV and ...
The deal, which would have created one of the largest pay-TV providers in the United States, fell apart after strong objections from Dish’s lenders. By Lauren Hirsch A second attempt at a major ...
U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV said on Thursday it had terminated its agreement to acquire Echostar's SATS.O satellite television business, which includes rival Dish TV, over a failed debt ...
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