DirecTV says it is walking away from its planned acquisition of EchoStar's video distribution service, DISH DBS, after DISH bondholders rejected a debt exchange offer from the satellite TV provider.

(Reuters) - 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 ...

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 ...

DirecTV to Drop Dish Acquisition Plan if EchoStar Debt-Exchange Offer Fails (Reuters) - Satellite TV provider DirecTV said on Tuesday it will abandon its planned acquisition of EchoStar's ...

It would also cap years of speculation about consolidation in the satellite-TV business. EchoStar just closed its acquisition of Dish in December. While past discussions of a DirecTV-Dish ...