EchoStar agreed to sell pay-TV provider Dish Network to DirecTV Monday for $1 in equity and $9.75 billion in associated debt.
The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, would create one of the largest pay-TV distributors in the U.S. The ...
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What can you get for a dollar these days? A satellite TV company, apparently—as long as you're willing to take on the billions in debt.
Satellite TV giant DirecTV will acquire its longtime competitor, Dish TV, along with Sling TV for a payment of $1 and will assume approximately $9.8 billion in debt.
Under the terms of the transaction, DirecTV will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from EchoStar Corp. for a nominal consideration ...
TPG, a private equity firm that already owns 30% of DirecTV, will have a majority stake in DirectTV from AT&T. The deal still ...
DirecTV and Dish Network, two of the leading satellite television providers in the United States, are poised to merge in a ...
As more and more consumers tune into online streaming giants, demand for more traditional satellite continues to shrink.
Two weeks after Bloomberg broke the story that the on-again, off-again merger between EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) and DirecTV might be on again, EchoStar this morning announced a "suite of transformative ...