The companies said DirecTV would acquire EchoStar's video-distribution business — which includes satellite service Dish and streaming-only outfit Sling TV — for $1 while assuming about $9.75 ...
DirecTV will absorb $9.8 billion worth of Dish's debt, and private-equity firm TPG will own all of the satellite-TV giant after buying AT&T's stake in a separate move. The timing of this tie-up ...