Satellite TV deal:DirecTV to acquire Dish Network, Sling for $1 in huge pay-TV merger "... we have terminated the transaction because the proposed exchange terms were necessary to protect DirecTV ...

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 said it has scrapped its acquisition of Dish Network, after decades of failed ... for more secure debt in the soon-to-be-merged satellite-TV company." In September, EchoStar said that ...

In the deal announced on September 30, DirecTV was going to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV streaming ... The deal did not include the Dish Network cellular business. Dish bondholders ...