Bloomberg reports that Dish Network bond holders are blocking the DirecTV acquisition of Dish Network. DirecTV wants to buy Dish Network for $1 and the assumption of $9.75 billion in debt. Direct TV ...

EchoStar‘s proposed deal to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — for $1 cash and the assumption of $9.75 billion in debt — is akin to Dish defaulting on its debt securities, according to credit-rating ...

DirecTV has notified EchoStar Corp. of its intention to terminate an acquisition of Dish Network Corp. after it failed to win the consent of bondholders for a key debt exchange, all but killing a deal ...

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 ...

Satellite TV provider DirecTV has agreed to buy longtime competitor Dish Network, throwing a lifeline to the troubled Colorado-based broadcaster that helped pioneer the industry. The proposed ...

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Charter and Comcast have battled for the right to call themselves "America's top cable provider." Now, neither is close. The two sat-TV companies are merging to become America’s biggest MVPD ...

EchoStar stock plunged 13% Tuesday on the news that bondholders of subsidiary Dish Network rejected a proposed debt deal seen as key to sealing a merger with satellite rival DirecTV. Shares fell to ...

DirecTV is acquiring satellite rival Dish Network, creating by far the largest U.S. pay-TV operator. The two satellite companies, which have struggled in recent years due to cord-cutting and their ...

DirecTV and Dish Network, longtime satellite TV adversaries, are set to merge. DirecTV announced a deal Monday with Dish parent company EchoStar to acquire Dish in a deal valued at nearly $10 billion ...