Former Satellite DIRECT editor. Covered DIRECTV for 30 years. TV Answer Man, I read your article that DIRECTV says they still have contracts for satellite customers because of the costs associated ...

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.

Telecom operator AT&T (NYSE:T) and joint-venture partner TPG Capital (NASDAQ:TPG) are in talks to merge their DirecTV service with EchoStar's (NASDAQ:SATS) Dish, Bloomberg reported Saturday, citing ...