DirecTV Placed on Credit Watch Negative After Unveiling Deal to Merge With Dish
Credit ratings agency S&P Global notes the "linear TV industry is rapidly shrinking" and the increased scale provided by a ...
DirecTV Placed on Negative Credit Watch by S&P Global, Fitch Amid Dish Network Merger
The satellite TV giants are teaming up to make a pay TV operator with around 18 million subscribers in a deal for $1 and ...
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EchoStar plots direct-to-device satellite push after shedding Dish and debt
EchoStar plans to aggressively expand its satellite and terrestrial mobile broadband services after shedding debt and its video distribution business.
DirecTV's CEO says its Dish acquisition 'isn't so much about bullying' media giants — but it's definitely about playing hardball
DirecTV and Dish have teamed up since cord-cutting is wrecking their business — and so they can gain leverage over content ...
Why the DirecTV/Dish Merger Matters — Even if You Don’t Have a Satellite Dish
DirecTV and Dish together are now the largest MVPD in the U.S., giving them more leverage over Disney in carriage ...
DirecTV and Dish plan merger to survive streaming era, pending regulator approval
Two related transactions could realign the satellite pay-TV market as millions of customers continue to cut the cord in favor ...
SoftBank’s Masa Son Nears His Next Big A.I. Bet: OpenAI
SoftBank weighs its next big A.I. bet SoftBank’s outspoken founder and C.E.O., Masa Son, has long talked about wanting to ...
Beyond ‘Megaflopolis’: Winning and losing at the box office is all about the zeitgeist
No one thought Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' would be a box office triumph. For other films, capturing the ...
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DirecTV to Acquire Company That Owns Dish TV and Sling TV
DirecTV and EchoStar, the two largest satellite TV providers in the US, have finally agreed to merge. The reasoning given it ...
AT&T exits pay-TV and frees DirecTV to combine with rival Dish
AT&T (T) first attempted to exit the business in 2021 when it sold a 30% stake to TPG (TPG) and set up a joint venture. The venture has since paid regular cash distributions to its owners and AT&T has ...
It's do-or-die for DirecTV and Dish — so they're teaming up
DirecTV said on Monday that it had agreed to acquire Dish Network in a deal that would create one of the largest pay-TV ...
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 ...