For a deal between Dish and DirecTV to work, AT&T might need to take a back seat in the pay-TV businesses it spent billions to acquire, analyst says.

As the pay-TV sector continues its downward spiral, DirecTV and Dish Network — two longtime rivals that have explored joining up at various times for years — may be headed to the altar. DirecTV is in ...

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Satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish are in advanced merger talks, according to reports late Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reported DirecTV could acquire rival Dish, creating one of the ...

Even the major satellite services are starting to distance themselves from satellite TV. According to Variety, DirecTV is “experimenting” in some zip codes by only offering new customers access to the ...

*Disney and DirecTV reach new licensing agreement *Deal restores programming for millions of subscribers *Deal allows DirecTV to offer genre-specific packages *DirecTV can include Disney streaming ...

Not long ago, satellite TV was the future. Now, one of its biggest players is being sold for $1, as streaming continues to erode traditional cable, over-the-air TV and DVDs. DirecTV announced today ...

DirecTV today announced an agreement to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV streaming business from EchoStar for a nominal fee of $1 in what the companies called a debt exchange transaction.

DirecTV and Dish Network are reportedly in advanced talks to merge, potentially creating the largest U.S. pay-TV provider, with around 20 million subscribers. If completed, the deal could be announced ...

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 ...