DirecTV, which warned this month it would terminate the deal by midnight Friday without an agreement on the debt, said it had given EchoStar formal notice. Dish hadn’t initiated fresh ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Georg Szalai, Alex Weprin Satellite TV giant DirecTV said it was abandoning a deal with Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar to acquire video distribution business Dish DBS, including Dish TV and Sling ...

DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a TV service megamerger, but it fell through after Dish bondholders rejected the takeover.

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 said the deal termination would be effective Friday. Echostar did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the termination. The proposed deal, initially announced in ...

CEO of DirecTV, said. DirecTV said the deal termination would be effective Friday.