Depending on where you live, satellite internet might be the only internet connection type that can reach you. That makes it critical for rural households. Its wide availability comes from how it ...

The two companies first attempted to merge back in 2002 when the U.S. Justice Department blocked the tie-up. The combined entity would create the largest pay-TV service provider in the U.S. at about ...

Hughesnet vs. Viasat: Which provider is better? Choosing between Hughesnet and Viasat might feel like picking between Coke and Pepsi -- a matter of taste between two largely identical products -- but ...

DirecTV today announced an agreement to buy the Dish satellite TV and Sling TV streaming business from EchoStar for a nominal fee of $1 in what the companies called a debt exchange transaction.

Satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish are in advanced merger talks, according to reports late Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reported DirecTV could acquire rival Dish, creating one of the ...

Telecom operator AT&T (NYSE:T) and joint-venture partner TPG Capital (NASDAQ:TPG) are in talks to merge their DirecTV service with EchoStar's (NASDAQ:SATS) Dish, Bloomberg reported Saturday, citing ...