Satellite TV giant DirecTV called off its deal with Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar to acquire rival Dish TV and other assets. The deal would have created one of the largest pay TV distributors in the ...

DirecTV announced this week that it is cancelling its merger with Dish due to concerns over a debt swap by bond holders. The agreement hinged on Dish bondholders accepting a debt swap, which would ...

The mega-transaction would have created the largest U.S. TV provider. By Georg Szalai, Alex Weprin Satellite TV giant DirecTV said it was abandoning a deal with Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar to acquire ...

DirecTV is pulling out of an agreement to buy its satellite rival Dish after bondholders objected to terms of the deal. DirecTV issued an announcement last night saying “it has notified EchoStar of ...

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.

DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company. The deal was reliant on Dish bond holders agreeing to trade in the debt they ...

U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV said on Thursday it had terminated its agreement to acquire Echostar 's satellite television business, which includes rival Dish TV, over a failed debt-exchange ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WJET/WFXP) — After months of negotiations, DIRECTV announced that it has terminated its deal to acquire DISH DBS, the parent ...

The deal was originally agreed upon on September 30th where EchoStar, DISH DBS’s parent company, would sell DISH and Sling TV to DIRECTV for $1, along with the transfer of nearly $10 billion in debt.