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DirecTV Buys Rival Dish Network

Wall Street Journal · 5h

DirecTV Agrees to Merge With Satellite Rival Dish

The pair of deals let private-equity firm TPG buy AT&T’s remaining stake in DirecTV and absorb rival Dish.

Ars Technica · 19h

DirecTV agrees to buy satellite rival Dish (and its debt) for one dollar

DirecTV today announced an agreement to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV streaming business from EchoStar for a nominal fee of $1 in what the companies called a debt exchange transaction. DirecTV will take on $9.75 billion of Dish debt if the deal is completed.

Bloomberg on MSN · 20h

DirecTV, Dish to Merge to Create Largest US Pay-TV Provider

DirecTV and Dish have agreed to combine in a deal that will create the biggest pay-TV provider in the US.Under the terms of the transaction, DirecTV will acquire Dish from its owner EchoStar Corp. for a nominal consideration of $1 plus the assumption of about $9.

22h

AT&T sells stake in DirecTV for $7.6 billion as it exits entertainment biz, as DirecTV buys Dish

AT&T is selling its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG a decade after agreeing to buy the satellite TV ...

13h

Ergen Needs Creditors He Once Spurned to Seal Dish-DirecTV Deal

Charlie Ergen’s decades-long dream to combine his satellite-TV company Dish Network Corp. with rival DirecTV hinges on the ...

16hon MSN

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 ...

16hon MSN

DirecTV Is Buying Dish for $1, Joining a Rare Club of Properties Sold for One Buck

DirecTV is buying onetime rival Dish for $1. Here's a look at other properties that were famously sold for one dollar.

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