DirecTV says it will walk away from Dish deal

DirecTV says it will walk away from Dish deal after bondholders’ rejection
DirecTV said it will abandon a plan to buy its satellite television rival after some bondholders refused to accept a steep discount on Dish parent EchoStar’s debt.
DirecTV-Dish deal drama could impact 18 million customers
There were high hopes for the DirecTV-Dish merger, which would have created the largest pay-TV company in the country with over 18 million subscribers. The combination would have given all the parties involved some heft at a time when traditional cable TV ...
DirecTV says meger agreement with Dish Network could fall apart
DirecTV says it will walk away from its merger agreement with Dish Network on November 22 if the company remains unable to reach a specific agreement with some of its creditors.
DirecTV Plans to Cancel Dish Deal Unless Debt Swap Resolved
DirecTV intends to terminate its planned acquisition of Dish Network Corp. in 10 days if bondholders don’t agree to a debt exchange.
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Satellite TV broadcaster DirecTV has threatened to pull its offer to buy Dish TV if a debt-exchange offer is not completed.
DirecTV threatens to call off Dish Network deal
TheStreet’s Conway Gittens brings you the biggest news of the day, including what investors are watching and why a huge TV merger is in trouble.
DirecTV-Dish Merger In Jeopardy: Here's The Issue
Dish bondholders rejected DirecTV's revised offer on Monday which lowered the minimum loss on $8.9 billion of bonds ...
EchoStar Stock Plunges After Dish Network Debt Holders Spurn Bond Deal Seen As Key To DirecTV Merger
EchoStar stock plunged 13% Tuesday on the news that bondholders of subsidiary Dish Network rejected a proposed debt deal seen ...
DirecTV Threatens to Walk Away From Dish Acquisition Over Debt Exchange Dispute
TV giant's bondholders don't agree to a debt exchange. "A successful exchange was a condition for acquiring the Dish ...
EchoStar debt exchange offer sweetened to help Dish Network-DirecTV merger
The combination of satellite TV businesses DirecTV and Dish Network depends on a debt exchange that's being made more ...
Dish Network Creditors Reject Bond Exchange Offer, Threatening Merger With DirecTV: Report
Dish Network Corp.'s creditors have rejected the company's bond-exchange offer just ahead of a key deadline, threatening the ...
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Dish Debt Exchange Standoff Threatens to Thwart DirecTV Deal
Just days before a key deadline linked to the proposed tie-up between Dish Network and DirecTV, talks with creditors have devolved into a dispute that threatens to upend the almost $10 billion ...
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DirecTV to acquire Dish Network, Sling TV for $1
Satellite TV provider DirecTV has agreed to buy longtime competitor Dish Network, throwing a lifeline ... "It’s hard to argue that a merger shouldn’t happen; it clearly should," Moffett ...