Why the DirecTV/Dish Merger Matters — Even if You Don’t Have a Satellite Dish
DirecTV and Dish together are now the largest MVPD in the U.S., giving them more leverage over Disney in carriage ...
Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights the onslaught of streaming services
DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling as the company, a deal it has sought to complete for years as seeks to better compete ...
DirecTV agrees to buy satellite rival Dish
The companies say the deal will improve the viability of satellite services in an industry now dominated by streaming ...
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DirecTV agrees to buy satellite rival Dish (and its debt) for one dollar
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.
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Streaming and satellite: DirecTV pays $1 for Dish and Sling TV
US groups are making a new attempt at a big wedding in the pay-TV business: DirecTV is to take over the operations of Dish ... satellite TV and TV streaming. Echostar goes back to a small ...
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DirecTV-Dish merger: How it will impact customers
DirecTV is buying rival Dish Network in an attempt to effectively compete against streaming services. On Monday, the satellite TV provider announced it will pay $1 for EchoStar’s video ...
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DirecTV to Acquire Dish in Merger of Satellite TV Rivals
DirecTV and Dish Network, longtime satellite TV adversaries, are set to merge. DirecTV announced a deal Monday with Dish parent company EchoStar to acquire Dish in a deal valued at nearly $10 ...
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DirecTV buys Colorado-based Dish as satellite rivals hunker down against onslaught of streaming services
It’s hoping this will appeal to those who have left satellite video services for streaming. The company said that combined, DirecTV and Dish have collectively lost 63% of their satellite ...
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It's do-or-die for DirecTV and Dish — so they're teaming up
The companies said DirecTV would acquire EchoStar's video-distribution business — which includes satellite service Dish and streaming-only outfit Sling TV — for $1 while assuming about $9.75 ...
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Satellite service DirecTV buying rival Dish as it fights onslaught of streaming services
It’s hoping this will appeal to those who have left satellite video services for streaming. The company said that combined, DirecTV and Dish have collectively lost 63% of their satellite ...
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Why the DirecTV/Dish Merger Matters — Even if You Don’t Have a Satellite Dish
We can shorthand it as: Dish Sells to DirecTV. Dish needed to do something here — and fast. The number 2 in satellite (most Dish and DirecTV customers still have satellite dishes, though the ...
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Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights the onslaught of streaming services
DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling as the company, a deal it has sought to complete for years as seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant DirecTV is buying Dish ...