Variety

TiVo may be boxed in as DirecTV exec exits board

NEW YORK — Eddy Hartenstein, vice chairman of Rupert Murdoch’s DirecTV Group, has resigned from the board of TiVo, igniting reports that Murdoch could soon start offering his NDS box to subscribers as ...
Los Angeles Times

DirecTV, Dish are close to clinching merger agreement

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 ...
CNN

DirecTV said it plans to abandon its Dish merger

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 ...
CNN

DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1

DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off talks about the satellite services merging. The companies have struggled to retain subscribers in the ...