A merger between satellite-TV giants Dish and DirecTV could save around $2 billion a year, and Wall Street analysts say the deal could finally happen

For a deal between Dish and DirecTV to work, AT&T might need to take a back seat in the pay-TV businesses it spent billions to acquire, analyst says.
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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 ...
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DirecTV says Dish purchase is off

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 ...
Fox Business

DirecTV scrapping DISH merger

DirecTV says it is walking away from its planned acquisition of EchoStar's video distribution service, DISH DBS, after DISH bondholders rejected a debt exchange offer from the satellite TV provider.
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DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1

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 ...