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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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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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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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