In a highly anticipated announcement, earlier this week DirecTV announced it was acquiring Echostar’s Video Distribution business including Dish TV and Sling TV. Although no financial terms were ...
AT&T is selling its 70% stake in DIRECTV, the last major piece of the company's media empire. AT&T wasted billions of dollars on media acquisitions over the past decade, piling up debt in the process.
For Dish, the move staves off bankruptcy. For DirecTV, it provides the scale needed to combat the Disney villains the next time a carriage deal comes around. Something had to change, so on Monday ...
By Erik Hayden Executive Editor, Business One day after DirecTV and Dish Network agreed to a long expected merger to combine the two embattled satellite giants, a major credit agency rating has ...
DIRECTV, however, addresses all of these issues. Starting at $69.99 per month, the company offers live sports, local channels, premium channels, and ample on-demand programming — with or without a ...
left, and a DirecTV satellite dish atop a home in Los Angeles.(Seth Perlman, Reed Saxon / AP) AT&T is selling its 70% stake in DirecTV in a seismic deal for the satellite television world that ...
DirecTV and Dish have agreed to combine in a deal that will create the biggest pay-TV provider in the US with about 18 million subscribers. Under the terms of the transaction, DirecTV will acquire ...
has decided to go all in on wireless. Long-time rival DirecTV on Monday said it will pay $1 and assume $9.75 billion in EchoStar debt to acquire Dish Network and its Sling TV streaming service.