Dish
-
DirecTV Terminates Dish Acquisition Over Debt Exchange Dispute
The move comes after Dish bondholders rejected a modified offer
-
EchoStar Sheds 43,000 Pay TV Subscribers, Adds 145,000 Sling TV Subscriptions in Q3
The Dish parent has entered into an agreement to sell the satellite TV giant to rival DirecTV in a deal for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt
Available to WrapPRO members
WrapPRO
Available to WrapPRO members
-
A DirecTV-Dish Merger Would Create a Mega-Pay TV Operator, But Won’t Stop the Industry’s Decline | Analysis
The deal for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt is more about finding a “sense of stability” in a declining market as DirecTV and Dish transition to streaming, analysts tell TheWrap
Available to WrapPRO members
Business
Available to WrapPRO members
-
DirecTV Placed on Negative Credit Watch by S&P Global, Fitch Amid Dish Network Merger
The satellite TV giants are teaming up to create a pay TV operator with around 18 million subscribers in a deal for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt
-
DirecTV to Acquire Dish in Debt Assumption Deal Worth $9.75 Billion
The deal creates a pay TV mega-company
-
EchoStar, AT&T Stocks Jump on DirecTV-Dish Merger Talk Reports
Shares of the satellite TV giants’ parent companies climbed over 7% and more than 2%, respectively
-
Major Pay TV Operators Shed 5 Million Subscribers in 2023
The figure brings the industry’s total net losses in the past five years to over 20 million, according to Leichtman Research Group
-
EchoStar Completes Dish Network Acquisition: ‘A New Era of Connectivity’
The companies, which had split apart in 2008, aim to expand wireless services
-
Dish Network Sheds 64,000 Pay TV Subscribers in Q3
Shares fell as much as 8.7% in pre-market trading Monday after the satellite TV giant reported a diluted loss of 26 cents per share on revenue of $3.7 billion
-
Dish to Raise Satellite TV Prices by $5 per Month
The package hike, which takes effect Oct. 12, is due to rising programming costs
-
Top Pay-TV, Cable Providers Lost 1.73 Million Subscribers in Q2
The losses come as linear viewership fell below 50% for the first time ever, according to Nielsen
-
Disney Restores Networks to Dish/Sling TV After Reaching Handshake Deal
ABC stations and networks including ESPN and FX are back on Dish and Sling TV after 48 hours of removal
-
ABC, ESPN and Other Disney Channels Pulled From Dish and Sling in Carriage Dispute
Current contract expired on Friday at midnight
-
Executive Pay 2020: COVID Hammered Hollywood’s Bottom Line – But Not CEOs’ Wallets
WrapPRO’s annual executive compensation survey finds that not everyone who took COVID pay cuts made less money in 2020
Available to WrapPRO members
TV
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Streaming Is Growing Up and That’s a Big Worry for Pay TV
Older viewers are now among those who spend the most time watching streaming content
Available to WrapPRO members
TV
Available to WrapPRO members