DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company.

The deal, which would have created one of the largest pay-TV providers in the United States, fell apart after strong ...

DirecTV has notified EchoStar Corp. of its intention to terminate an acquisition of Dish Network Corp. after it failed to win ...

DirecTV on Thursday formally announced that it was nixing the agreement with EchoStar to buy Dish Network. The deal is being ...

The whole reason Dish was pursuing a sale is because the company is utterly riddled with debt; DirecTV was going to buy Dish ...

The ending of the Dish acquisition will not likely change who owns DirecTV. AT&T had already sold a 30 percent share of ...

DirecTV said it has scrapped its acquisition of Dish Network, after decades of failed attempts at mergers by the two ...

A tie-up meant to help struggling satellite-TV companies fell apart after creditors balked at a proposal to cut into their ...

DirecTV has called off its planned acquisition of Dish Network after failing to win over bondholders. The deal would have ...

The proposed deal, initially announced in September, was seen as a strategic consolidation in a shrinking pay-TV market.

In the deal announced on September 30, DirecTV was going to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV streaming business from EchoStar for a nominal fee of $1. DirecTV would have taken on $9.75 billion ...