DirecTV says it is walking away from its planned acquisition of EchoStar's video distribution service, DISH DBS, after DISH bondholders rejected a debt exchange offer from the satellite TV provider.

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 abandoning its acquisition of Dish assets after a group of bondholders refused to accept the terms of a proposed debt offer, a DirecTV spokesperson said. "A successful exchange was a ...

DirecTV has notified EchoStar Corp. of its intention to terminate an acquisition of Dish Network Corp. after bondholders failed to consent to a key debt exchange, all but killing a deal to create the ...

DirecTV is threatening to walk away from an acquisition of rival Dish Network for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt on Nov. 22 if the latter satellite TV giant’s bondholders don’t agree to a debt exchange.

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DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company. The deal was reliant on Dish bond holders agreeing to trade in the debt they ...

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 billion ...

DirecTV dropped its $1 deal to buy Dish after bondholders rejected it. DirecTV dropped its $1 deal to buy Dish after bondholders rejected it. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...

There was a time when I was knee-deep in the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) business. I was a young business development person working at the Nielsen Company back in 2002 when DBS was challenging ...

DirecTV has notified EchoStar Corp. of its intention to terminate an acquisition of Dish Network Corp. after it failed to win the consent of bondholders for a key debt exchange, all but killing a deal ...