DirecTV, Dish Network

EchoStar Stock Plunges After Dish Network Debt Holders Spurn Bond Deal Seen As Key To DirecTV Merger
EchoStar stock plunged 13% Tuesday on the news that bondholders of subsidiary Dish Network rejected a proposed debt deal seen as key to sealing a merger with satellite rival DirecTV. Shares fell to $22.
DirecTV says it will walk away from Dish deal after bondholders’ rejection
DirecTV said it will abandon a plan to buy its satellite television rival after some bondholders refused to accept a steep discount on Dish parent EchoStar’s debt.
DirecTV Threatens to Walk Away From Dish Acquisition Over Debt Exchange Dispute
The deal between the rival satellite TV giants for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt is contingent upon Dish's bondholders agreeing to a debt exchange
DirecTV Plans to Cancel Dish Deal Unless Debt Swap Resolved
DirecTV intends to terminate its planned acquisition of Dish Network Corp. in 10 days if bondholders don’t agree to a debt exchange.
DirecTV to drop Dish acquisition plan if EchoStar debt-exchange offer fails
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 a debt exchange.
Dish Lenders Reject DirecTV Debt Deal on Eve of Deadline
Dish Network Corp. creditors have rejected the US satellite-television provider’s bond-exchange offer on the eve of a deadline for a debt deal that is key to the company’s proposed acquisition by rival DirecTV.
DirecTV may pull the plug on purchase of Colorado-based Dish Network
DirecTV’s purchase of EchoStar’s subscription television business could collapse unless bondholders agree to accept a ...
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DirecTV says merger agreement with Dish Network could fall apart
DirecTV says it will walk away from its merger agreement with Dish Network on November 22 if the company remains unable to ...
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EchoStar locks in $5.2B to pay off debt
EchoStar president and CEO Hamid Akhavan stated on a Q3 earnings call his company will be able to paying off maturing debt in ...
EchoStar Posts Loss of Dish, Gain of Sling TV Subs in Third Quarter, Raises $5.2B in Fresh Capital
The telecom giant, led by CEO Hamid Akhavan and executive chairman Charlie Ergen, has agreed to be acquired by DirecTV to ...
DirecTV-Dish Merger In Jeopardy: Here's The Issue
Dish bondholders rejected DirecTV's revised offer on Monday which lowered the minimum loss on $8.9 billion of bonds ...
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EchoStar: Brilliant Maneuver Means Company Gets Paid With Or Without Merger Deal
As you might have heard, EchoStar is selling DISH Network, its wholly owned subsidiary that it only bought a year ago, to DIRECTV for $1. Except that it might not be because a group of ...
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EchoStar debt exchange offer sweetened to help Dish Network-DirecTV merger
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — Terms of an EchoStar debt exchange are being sweetened for bondholders in the hope of completing Dish Network's multibillion-dollar merger into satellite TV rival DirecTV ...
EchoStar: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
EchoStar Corp. (SATS) on Tuesday reported a loss of $141.8 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the ...
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Telecom M&A: DirecTV-Dish Deal In Peril. Charter To Buy Liberty Broadband.
Satellite TV broadcaster DirecTV has threatened to pull its offer to buy Dish TV if a debt-exchange offer is not completed.