DirecTV on Thursday formally announced that it was nixing the agreement with EchoStar to buy Dish Network. The deal is being terminated effective as of 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 22, DirecTV said.

DirecTV is pulling out of an agreement to buy its satellite rival Dish after bondholders objected to terms of the deal. DirecTV issued an announcement last night saying “it has notified EchoStar of ...

The DirecTV and Dish satellites are no longer in Low Earth Orbit. The two sat-TV companies are merging to become America's biggest MVPD (Multichannel Video Programming Distributor) with roughly 19 ...

EchoStar‘s proposed deal to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — for $1 cash and the assumption of $9.75 billion in debt — is akin to Dish defaulting on its debt securities, according to credit-rating ...

FILE - Dish Network satellite dishes are shown at an apartment complex in Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish ...

Satellite TV provider DirecTV said on Tuesday it will abandon its planned acquisition of EchoStar’s satellite television business that includes Dish TV by Nov. 22 if bondholders don’t agree to a debt ...

DirecTV’s agreement to buy the Dish satellite and streaming TV business from EchoStar is facing opposition from Dish creditors who would be forced to take a loss on the value of their debt. Dish ...

DirecTV announced this week that it is cancelling its merger with Dish due to concerns over a debt swap by bond holders. The agreement hinged on Dish bondholders accepting a debt swap, which would ...

New York (CNN) — DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off talks about the satellite services merging. The companies have struggled to retain ...

DirecTV announced that they are buying EchoStar’s video distribution business, including Dish TV and Sling TV. DirecTV will pay $1 and assume $9.75B worth of debt to buy rival Dish and Sling DirecTV ...