DirecTV

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    digitpatrox4 weeks ago
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    DirecTV and Dish’s on-and-off merger saga switches back to off

    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. “While we believed a combination of DIRECTV and DISH would have benefitted all stakeholders, we have terminated the transaction because the proposed Exchange Terms were necessary to protect DIRECTV’s balance…

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    digitpatroxOctober 4, 2024
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    From AOL Time Warner to DirecTV and Dish: 20 years of media mergers

    This week, DirecTV announced it intends to buy Dish, Sling TV, and the rest of EchoStar’s television business for a dollar (while also taking on all of Dish’s debt), combining almost 20 million satellite TV subscribers from two companies that have been circling one another for decades. But it’s not just DirecTV and Dish. AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, General Electric, GM,…

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    digitpatroxSeptember 8, 2024
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    Disney and DirecTV head into a big sports weekend with no carriage deal

    Negotiations for a new carriage deal between Disney and DirecTV are continuing into this weekend, reports Deadline. Meanwhile, the two are lobbing messaging at customers who are left out in the cold as the first NFL weekend kicks off. It’s been a week since DirecTV customers have been able to watch channels like ABC or ESPN. Disney published posts on…

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    digitpatroxSeptember 2, 2024
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    Disney blocks ESPN, ABC, and other channels for DirecTV subscribers

    Disney-owned channels including ABC and ESPN were pulled from DirecTV’s lineup on Sunday after talks to reach a new distribution deal between the companies collapsed. The blackout started midway through ESPN’s broadcast of the US Open tennis tournament, and just ahead of the NFL season opener this coming weekend.  DirecTV and Disney are both blaming each other for causing the…

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