President Donald Trump prodded Dish TV parent EchoStar Corp and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr earlier ...

Under the complex landmark deal, which would have created the largest U.S. pay-TV distributor with more than 19 million subscribers, DirecTV was set to pay EchoStar $1, plus the assumption of debt.

The combination of Dish and DirecTV has been rumored for years and nearly happened in 2002 until it collapsed under regulatory pressure. This time, the deal is being driven by EchoStar's desire to ...

DirecTV to Acquire Dish and Sling TV, Creating Largest U.S. TV Provider. The merger of EchoStar's video businesses and DirecTV will also coincide with TPG agreeing to buy out the 70 percent of ...

Dish Network owner EchoStar shares skyrocketed 45% Monday morning on a report that President Donald Trump had intervened to help the satellite TV provider hold onto its valuable spectrum licenses.

DirecTV on Monday agreed to buy EchoStar's satellite television business that includes Dish TV, capping decades of on-and-off talks to create one of the nation's largest pay TV distributors with a ...

According to a filing made by EchoStar, Trump met with EchoStar Chair Charlie Ergen on June 12 and later called Carr to join the discussion. The meeting, first reported by Bloomberg News, centered on ...

EchoStar's deal to sell Dish to DirecTV, which will assume $9.75 billion in debt, is akin to Dish defaulting on its debt securities, S&P said.

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump urged EchoStar Corp Chairman Charlie Ergen and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to reach a deal over the fate of the company's ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump urged EchoStar Corp Chairman Charlie Ergen and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to reach a deal over the fate of the company's ...