CNN

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 services merging. The companies have struggled to retain subscribers in the ...
ABC7 San Francisco

DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1, assuming its billions of dollars in debt

DirecTV announced Monday it's buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off talks about the satellite services merging. The companies have struggled to retain subscribers in the ...
CNN

DirecTV said it plans to abandon its Dish merger

Satellite TV provider DirecTV said on Tuesday it will abandon its planned acquisition of EchoStar’s satellite television business that includes Dish TV by Nov. 22 if bondholders don’t agree to a debt ...
Ars Technica

DirecTV announces termination of deal to buy Dish satellite business

DirecTV is pulling out of an agreement to buy its satellite rival Dish after bondholders objected to terms of the deal. DirecTV issued an announcement last night saying “it has notified EchoStar of ...
Los Angeles Times

DirecTV to acquire Dish Network, Sling TV for $1

Satellite TV provider DirecTV has agreed to buy longtime competitor Dish Network, throwing a lifeline to the troubled Colorado-based broadcaster that helped pioneer the industry. The proposed ...
World Soccer Talk

DirecTV, DISH merger could see Sling, DirecTVStream merge

DirecTV is currently in advanced discussions to acquire their rival, Dish Network, as part of a merger. The companies were previously the two biggest satellite television providers in the United ...
Los Angeles Times

DirecTV calling off Dish Network takeover after bondholders balk

DirecTV has notified EchoStar Corp. of its intention to terminate an acquisition of Dish Network Corp. after it failed to win the consent of bondholders for a key debt exchange, all but killing a deal ...