AT&T sells stake in DirecTV for $7.6 billion as it exits ... - CBS News
WEB1 day ago — AT&T is lowering curtain on its foray into the entertainment business, selling its majority stake in satellite TV provider DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6 billion. The deal, announced ...
DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1 | CNN Business
WEB1 day ago — Under the deal, DirecTV will pay Dish’s owner, EchoStar, just $1 for Dish in exchange for assuming its billions of dollars in debt. Private equity firm TPG, meanwhile, will acquire AT&T’s ...
DirecTV And Dish To Merge, Creating Pay-TV Giant - Deadline
WEB2 days ago — It will receive $2.5 billion of financing to help pay off Dish’s $2 billion bond coming due in November. EchoStar said the deal will help cut its total debt by $11.7 billion and lower its ...
DirecTV Strikes Deal to Acquire Dish Network - The New York Times
WEB1 day ago — The deal would create one of the largest pay-TV providers in the United States. Dish has roughly 8.1 million subscribers, according to the analyst firm MoffettNathanson, and DirecTV has about 11 ...
Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights the onslaught …
WEB1 day ago — DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, 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 Monday that it will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that includes a payment of $1, plus the …
DirecTV to Acquire Dish in Merger of Satellite TV Rivals - Variety
WEB1 day ago — Under the terms of the purchase agreement, DirecTV will acquire EchoStar’s video distribution business, including Dish TV and Sling TV, in exchange for a “nominal consideration” of $1 (yes ...
Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights the ... - ABC News
WEB1 day ago — DirecTV said Monday that it will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that includes a payment of $1, plus the assumption of approximately $9.8 ...
DirecTV clinches long-elusive deal to combine with Dish
WEB1 day ago — As part of the two-step transaction, DirecTV will pay $1 to buy the pay TV business called Dish DBS that includes Dish and Sling TV, while agreeing to assume about $9.75 billion of Dish's debt ...
EchoStar to sell Dish to DirecTV, combining major pay-TV providers
WEB1 day ago — EchoStar is selling its Dish TV provider and digital business Sling to rival DirecTV in a deal announced Monday that brings together two of the largest pay-TV providers, and sent EchoStar shares ...
DirecTV, Dish are close to clinching merger agreement
WEB5 days ago — DirecTV, founded in 1994 by Hughes Electronics, is owned by AT&T Inc. and TPG Inc., and has about 11 million customers. Dish, started in 1980 by billionaire Charlie Ergen, is part of his EchoStar ...