Even though Hughes Electronics Corp. faces strong federal opposition to plans to merge its DirecTV unit with EchoStar Communications Corp., Hughes executives yesterday sought to paint their ...

In 2014, Bloomberg reported former Dish chairman Charlie Ergen reached out to former DirecTV CEO Mike White. But before that, the US government had blocked a proposed $19 billion merger of the ...

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 ...

DirecTV will pay a $2 billion rights fee on a five-year deal that also includes the launch of a new 24-hour NFL Channel that will begin operating next year.

DirecTV today announced an agreement to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV streaming business from EchoStar for a nominal fee of $1 in what the companies called a debt exchange transaction.