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 ...

(Reuters) - Telecom operator AT&T and its joint-venture partner TPG are in early-stage talks to merge their DirecTV satellite TV service with EchoStar owned Dish, a person familiar with the matter ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) -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 ...

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 ...