Starlink May Have Another Cellular Satellite Rival: Hughesnet Parent EchoStar
After selling its Dish TV business, EchoStar wants to focus more on cellular service through its Boost Mobile brand, ...
Dish-DirecTV deal sparks creditor revolt over $1.6 billion loss
Creditors are banding together after Dish and DirecTV agreed on Monday to create the biggest US pay-TV provider under the ...
DirecTV And Dish Merger Could 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’s Debt-Exchange Sale to DirecTV Is ‘Tantamount to a Default,’ Credit-Rating Agency Says
EchoStar's deal to sell Dish to DirecTV, which will assume $9.75 billion in debt, is akin to Dish defaulting on its debt ...
DirecTV/Dish merger has a problem as debt holders object to $1.6 billion loss
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 ...
EchoStar Gets Some Much-Needed Breathing Room, But Little Else
EchoStar's sale of its video distribution business to DIRECTV for $1 leaves it with fewer cash-generating assets. Read why ...
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 ...
AT&T exits pay-TV business 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 ...
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 ...
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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.