AT&T will play $95 per share for DirecTV in a cash and stock deal worth nearly $50 billion. If the deal is approved by regulators, it will make AT&T the No. 1 pay TV provider in the world with a ...

DirecTV has lost about 2 million customers during that span, and “the continued subscriber losses, coupled with outside calls for change, “will force AT&T to take some action,” Swann says.

AT&T management, which has seen massive subscriber losses in 5 years, now admits DirecTV will only be sold in rural areas, putting its future in doubt ...

AT&T said DirecTV’s satellite platform’s reach remains advantaged when compared with cable and telco in Latin America. Latin America has an underpenetrated pay TV market—about 40 percent of households ...

AT&T is selling its 70% stake in DirecTV in a seismic deal for the satellite television world that will make the combined provider the biggest pay-TV provider in the U.S. Under the terms of the ...

AT&T (T) is considering selling DirecTV, according to the Wall Street Journal. The satellite TV business has been losing subscribers amid a worldwide shift to streaming modes of media. An activist ...

When AT&T bought DirecTV, the satellite service had 20.3 million US customers, and AT&T's own U-verse cable system had another 5.7 million, for a total of 26 million.

AT&T could use cash raised from selling DirecTV's assets to pay down its debt faster. The company refinanced $17 billion worth of debt in the second quarter, issuing new lower-interest long-term ...

AT&T made clear today it wouldn’t pay a fee to DirecTV should regulators foil the deal this time. That’s good for AT&T, but it adds an air of desperation to DirecTV.

AT&T kicked this week off with some big news: DirecTV Now, its internet TV streaming service, is here. You can sign up starting today for a free trial on a slew of platforms including smartphones ...