Dish's Debt-Exchange Sale to DirecTV Is ‘Tantamount to a Default,' Credit-Rating Agency Says
EchoStar’s proposed deal to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — for $1 cash and the assumption of $9.75 billion in debt — is akin ...
Dish-DirecTV Deal Sparks Creditor Revolt Over $1.6 Billion Loss
Creditors to US satellite television firm Dish Network plan to block a distressed exchange that’s a key part of its tie-up ...
DirecTV Merger Of DISH Would Create The Largest Pay-TV Distributor
In this era of cord cutting the announced merger of DirecTV with Dish/Sling would result in 18 million subscribers, making it ...
Dish creditors “revolt” over DirecTV merger, try to block loss-making deal
DirecTV agreed to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV business for a nominal fee of $1, in exchange for taking on $9.75 ...
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DirecTV to Buy Fellow Satellite Provider Dish for Just $1
DirecTV and Dish Network are merging in an effort to combat their many streaming rivals. “DIRECTV operates in a highly ...
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Is DirectTV-Dish a Match Made In Heaven?
On paper, combining DirecTV and Dish makes enormous business sense. The DirecTV and Dish customers for Direct Broadcast ...
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 ...