The two companies first attempted to merge back in 2002 when the U.S. Justice Department blocked the tie-up. The combined entity would create the largest pay-TV service provider in the U.S. at about ...

Telecom operator AT&T (NYSE:T) and joint-venture partner TPG Capital (NASDAQ:TPG) are in talks to merge their DirecTV service with EchoStar's (NASDAQ:SATS) Dish, Bloomberg reported Saturday, citing ...

DirecTV and Dish have agreed to combine in a deal that will create the biggest pay-TV provider in the US with about 18 million subscribers. Under the terms of the transaction, DirecTV will acquire ...

Nov 12 (Reuters) - Satellite TV provider DirecTV said on Tuesday it will abandon its planned acquisition of EchoStar's (SATS.O), opens new tab satellite television business that includes Dish TV by ...

Another big media acquisition has finally been confirmed. Satellite TV provider DirecTV (T, TPG) said Monday it will buy rival Dish Network (SATS), including Dish's streaming brand Sling TV, through a ...

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 ...