DirecTV and Dish are in advanced talks to merge in a deal that would create the largest U.S. pay-TV provider, with almost 20 million subscribers, people familiar with the matter said. An agreement ...

Even though Hughes Electronics Corp. faces strong federal opposition to plans to merge its DirecTV unit with EchoStar Communications Corp., Hughes executives yesterday sought to paint their ...

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 ...

The NFL yesterday announced a five-year extension of its agreement with DirecTV, the satellite service that carries the popular NFL Sunday Ticket package of as many as 14 live broadcasts of league ...

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.