EchoStar‘s proposed deal to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — for $1 cash and the assumption of $9.75 billion in debt — is akin to Dish defaulting on its debt securities, according to credit-rating ...

DirecTV is abandoning its acquisition of Dish assets after a group of bondholders refused to accept the terms of a proposed debt offer, a DirecTV spokesperson said. "A successful exchange was a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DirecTV announced Monday it is buying Echostar’s video distribution business, Dish TV and Sling TV, for less than a cup of coffee and the assumption of the Englewood-based company’s $9.7 billion debt, ...

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 last ...

New York (CNN) — 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 ...

DirecTV is buying the Dish Network and Sling TV, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant. DirecTV said ...

DirecTV's agreement to buy the Dish satellite and streaming TV business from EchoStar is facing opposition from Dish creditors who would be forced to take a loss on the value of their debt. Dish ...

DirecTV on Thursday formally announced that it was nixing the agreement with EchoStar to buy Dish Network. The deal is being terminated effective as of 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 22, DirecTV said.

Satellite TV giant DirecTV will acquire its longtime competitor, Dish TV, along with Sling TV for a payment of $1 and will assume approximately $9.8 billion in debt. The deal, announced on Monday, ...