AT&T exits pay-TV and frees DirecTV to combine with rival Dish
DirecTV promptly announces deal to acquire EchoStar’s video business that includes Dish TV and Sling TV, cementing a ...
AT&T: Deleveraging Complete With DirecTV Sale, Now Comes The Hard Part
AT&T maintains a neutral stance with a strong earnings yield. Learn more about T Stock and the challenges it may face in the ...
DirecTV to Acquire Dish Network for $1, Assume $2 Billion Debt
DirecTV has agreed to acquire Dish Network, creating a major player in the satellite TV industry. DirecTV will assume Dish's ...
DirecTV to Acquire Dish and Sling TV, Creating Largest U.S. TV Provider
The merger of EchoStar's video businesses and DirecTV will also coincide with TPG agreeing to buy out the 70 percent of ...
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AT&T (NYSE:T) Sells Remaining Stake in DIRECTV to Private Equity Group
AT&T (NYSE:T) is exciting the entertainment business and selling its remaining 30% stake in DIRECTV to Dallas based private ...
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 ...
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 create a pay TV operator with around 18 million subscribers in a deal for $1 and $9 ...
The AT&T-DirecTV mistake
A decade or so after it bought DirectTV for $67bn, AT&T announced yesterday that it sold its remaining 70 per cent stake in the company to TPG (which bought the other 30 per cent in 2021). It’s a big ...
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 ...
AT&T Agrees to Sell DirecTV Holding to TPG for $7.6 Billion
AT&T Inc. had agreed to sell its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG Inc. for $7.6 billion in cash. Most ...
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.