DirecTV has about 11 million US subscribers, while Dish has roughly 8.1 million, according to the analyst firm MoffettNathanson. By comparison media giant Comcast has roughly 13.2 million cable TV ...
Dish bondholders say they won’t go along with a debt exchange that DirecTV has said is needed to complete the merger.
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 ...
DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling as the company, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant.DirecTV said Monday ...
Dish Network Corp. creditors plan to reject the US satellite-television provider’s revised bond-exchange offer, approval of ...
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 ...
Bloomberg reports that Dish Network bond holders are blocking the DirecTV acquisition of Dish Network. DirecTV wants to buy Dish Network for $1 and the assumption of $9.75 billion in debt. Direct TV ...
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 ...
As the pay-TV sector continues its downward spiral, DirecTV and Dish Network — two longtime rivals that have explored joining up at various times for years — may be headed to the altar.
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 ...
Bonds rallied on that news, with Dish’s 7.375% senior unsecured notes due 2028 up by almost 3 cents on the dollar to 73.3 cents as of 08:58 a.m. New York Time. Representatives at US Bank and TPG ...