DirecTV has decided to back out of its plan to buy Dish Network's satellite TV service and Sling TV streaming platform.

Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News DirecTV has decided to walk away from its proposed merger with rival Dish Network, abandoning a tie-up that the two satellite-TV companies have attempted several times.

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 ...

DirecTV announced this week that it is cancelling its merger with Dish due ... The pay-TV landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, with traditional satellite services facing declining ...

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 is canceling its deal to buy Douglas County-based satellite TV rival Dish Network after Dish bondholders refused to take part in a debt exchange that was key to the acquisition.

The merger was expected to consolidate two key players in satellite TV, a sector struggling against the surge of streaming platforms. In a press release, DIRECTV said that DISH DBS noteholders ...

NEW YORK — DirecTV is walking away from plans to buy Dish Network over a failed debt-exchange offer, although some analysts expect the satellite TV providers will return to the deal table given ...

Under the terms, DirecTV was to assume $9.75 billion of debt associated with Dish and pay $1 in cash. Effectively, EchoStar was giving away its shrinking satellite and streaming TV business in ...

Nov 21 (Reuters) - U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV said on Thursday it had terminated its agreement to acquire Echostar's (SATS.O), opens new tab satellite television business, which includes ...