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DirecTV Has a New Owner
DirecTV, the satellite TV and streaming provider, is now under new corporate ownership. AT&T has finished selling its stake ...
NEW YORK — AT&T is unveiling a new package that combines traditional TV and wireless services as it seeks to broaden its offerings following its $48.5 billion purchase of satellite TV company ...
Private equity giant TPG, which contributed $1.8 billion, owns 30% of the new privately held company. Advertisement. The telecommunications company’s ownership of DirecTV was disastrous.
DirecTV-15, a broadcast satellite now owned by AT&T, shown prior to its May 27, 2015 launch on an Ariane 5 rocket. Credit: Airbus Defence and Space WASHINGTON — AT&T, owner of U.S. satellite ...
Under the deal, DirecTV will pay Dish's owner, EchoStar, just $1 for Dish in exchange for assuming its billions of dollars in debt By Jordan Valinsky, Ramishah Maruf and Liam Reilly, CNN Monday ...
Tegna, Channel 2’s owner, and AT&T, DirecTV’s owner, announced an agreement that returned 64 Tegna stations in 51 Nielsen markets to the satellite service after an 18-day blackout.
When it comes to retransmission consent agreement battles between broadcast TV stations and MVPDs, DirecTV under AT&T ownership was a difficult entity to negotiate with for a bevy of UHF and VHF ...
AT&T is also the owner of DirecTV, Dish's primary competitor in the satellite TV business. Dish said AT&T pulled HBO from Dish and Sling TV, while HBO said that Dish pulled the channel from its ...
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T customers will save $10 a month and get a single bill for their TV and wireless services under a new package the company is offering AT&T, as new owner of DirecTV, offers ...
NEW YORK — AT&T customers will save $10 a month and get a single bill for their TV and wireless services under a new package the company is offering after its $48.5 billion purchase of satellite ...