DALLAS — Dallas-based AT&T is selling its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG Partners for $7.6 billion, ending the communication giant's remaining ties to the entertainment industry.

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

FILE - This file combo made from file photos shows the AT&T logo on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill., left, and a DirecTV satellite dish atop a home in Los Angeles. Seth Perlman, ...

Satellite TV company unveils new corporate branding as it launches as a standalone video company. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor DirecTV is once again a standalone company. Six years after AT&T acquired ...

Satellite TV giant DirecTV called off its deal with Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar to acquire rival Dish TV and other assets. The deal would have created one of the largest pay TV distributors in the ...

DirecTV subscribers saw channels owned by Disney go off the air in the middle of matches of the U.S. Open this weekend due to a contract dispute between DirectTV and Disney, which owns ESPN and ABC.

Peter N. Glaskowsky is a computer architect in Silicon Valley and a technology analyst for the Envisioneering Group. He has designed chip- and board-level products in the defense and computer ...

DirecTV and Dish are in advanced talks to merge in a deal that could create the largest US pay-TV provider, with more than 20 million subscribers, according to multiple reports. The agreement could be ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & STERLING, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV), the world’s leading pay TV provider, in partnership with N.E.W. Customer Service Companies (NEW), the nation’s leading ...

Peter N. Glaskowsky is a computer architect in Silicon Valley and a technology analyst for the Envisioneering Group. He has designed chip- and board-level products in the defense and computer ...