DirecTV agrees to buy Dish Network

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[upperdeck]

wonder how this works with all the equipment and streaming things they have going on.

 

[swish7]

This is like Yahoo buying AskJeeves, is it not?

 

[JRHEETER]

I have to believe that there is no way this merger happens?

 

[FloridaCuse]

I have to believe that there is no way this merger happens?

It should. Commentators on CNBC think it likely will be approved. Both are failing businesses. The question more is can it succeed by being put together. Competition landscape is very different with Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink now available to rural consumers. In a related transaction, AT&T is selling its 70% interest in DirecTV to 30% owner TPG.

 

[upperdeck]

ATT destroyed directv.

 

[JustPherU]

ATT destroyed directv.

NFL Sunday Ticket is the only reason I stayed with Directv, but now that YouTube TV has it I am with them.

 

[rocklloyd]

I had no idea they were 2 different things.

 

[texascpa]

I have to believe that there is no way this merger happens?

Why wouldn't it. There are plenty of alternatives.