A DirecTV-Dish Merger Would Create a Mega-Pay TV Operator, But Won't Stop the Industry's Decline | Analysis
After over a decade of on and off talks, a merger between DirecTV and Dish is poised to become a reality. The deal announced on Monday for the former to acquire the latter for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt will form the largest pay TV operator with around 18 million subscribers -- leapfrogging past Charter Communications and Comcast -- as it looks to stem satellite TV's bleeding from cord-cutting.