DirecTV on Thursday formally announced that it was nixing the agreement with EchoStar to buy Dish Network. The deal is being ...

DirecTV has decided to back out of its plan to buy Dish Network's satellite TV service and Sling TV streaming platform.

The whole reason Dish was pursuing a sale is because the company is utterly riddled with debt; DirecTV was going to buy Dish for $1 and assume its debt of $9.75 billion. Presumably, everyone knew ...

In the deal announced on September 30, DirecTV was going to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV streaming business from ...

DirecTV is canceling its deal to buy satellite TV rival Dish Network after Dish bondholders refused to take part in a debt exchange that was key to the acquisition. DirecTV is canceling its deal ...

DirecTV is calling off its plans to acquire the rival satellite TV giant, Dish Network, after Dish’s lenders refused to agree to the terms of the deal, DirecTV said Thursday night. The companies ...

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 ...

DirecTV has decided to walk away from its proposed merger with rival Dish Network, abandoning a tie-up that the two satellite-TV companies have attempted several times.

DirecTV on Thursday formally announced that it was nixing the agreement with EchoStar to buy Dish Network. The deal is being terminated effective as of 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 22, DirecTV said.

A Dish Network satellite is seen in California on February 23, 2011. On November 21, 2024, DirecTV announced that it was cancelling its merger with Dish Networks over debt swap concerns.