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 ...
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 ...
DirecTV to buy Dish Network, Sling TV for $1, plus the assumption of debt
The prospect of a DirecTV-Dish combo has long been rumored, with headlines about reported talks popping up over the years.
DirecTV agrees to buy Dish Network -- for $1
DirecTV will give EchoStar, which owns Dish Network, $1 to inherit roughly $9.75 billion in debt. Both DirecTV and Dish have ...
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AT&T offloads DirecTV for $7.6bn to TPG
In the recently announced deal, minority stakeholder TPG Capital will assume full company ownership of DirecTV.
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Cable is dying. Streaming is the new cable. It’s all getting worse.
A merger announced Monday to create the country’s largest TV company could make it crummier still. Or if you’re hooked on streaming TV services like ... cable company or a satellite TV provider like ...
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AT&T exits pay-TV and frees DirecTV to combine with rival Dish
DirecTV deal will allow EchoStar to reduce ... been losing subscribers for years amid a consumer shift from pay TV to streaming, as the Wall Street Journal has reported. The two companies combined ...
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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 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 ...