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Private equity firm TPG completed its $7.6 billion purchase of the 70% stake it didn't already hold in DirecTV from AT&T. Why ...
The satellite TV giant, which is now fully owned by the private equity firm, expects to increase its investments in video ...
The sale involves a 70 percent stake that AT&T retained for itself after spinning out DirecTV into a separate, privately-held ...
AT&T is lowering curtain on its foray into the entertainment business, selling its majority stake in satellite TV provider DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6 billion.
Telecom giant AT&T may be trying to unload struggling satellite TV provider DirecTV, but shareholders shouldn’t expect a sale anytime soon, one prominent analyst warned. AT&T has &#82… ...
AT&T will sell its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV to partner TPG for $7.6 billion. The sale does not depend on TPG completing its plan to also acquire EchoStar's Dish Network and Sling television ...
Telecom giant AT&T, led by CEO John Stankey, has struck a deal to sell a minority stake in its satellite TV unit DirecTV, AT&T TV and its U-Verse business to private equity firm TPG.The companies ...
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 ...
Sale could value DirecTV at much less than $49B AT&T paid in 2015, reports say. AT&T’s epic DirecTV losses mount as another 954,000 video customers flee AT&T had 25.5M TV users in June 2018, is ...
A sale has become the most likely solution for AT&T as it manages financial pressures on the business and the debt load left on the books from the 2015 acquisition of DirecTV, for $49 billion, and ...
AT&T’s New Sale Talks for DirecTV Divide Analysts. With chatter about a potential AT&T sale of pay TV unit DirecTV to private equity firms having returned, Wall Street analysts are revisiting ...
Summary. Despite recent reports, I cannot believe that AT&T management would walk away from an offer to sell DIRECTV for $15 billion. Assuming the sale goes forward, it is likely that AT&T will ...