The Latest Breaking News from DIRECTV

AT&T is selling the rest of its stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG Partners in an approximately $7.6 billion deal, a move that ends its ties to the entertainment industry

But a lack of synergy between the two satellite TV units could render this deal, anticipated for decades, inconsequential, says one analyst

The proposed agreement includes Disney’s full portfolio of networks and direct-to-consumer services as well as ESPN’s direct-to-consumer offering when it launches in 2025

Our weekly back-and-forth also looks at the big Disney-DirecTV deal, Synamedia's 'Senza' cloud-based streaming dongle ... and the terrifying Big Ten fate of the once-proud UCLA football program

DirectTV's 11 million subscribers lost access to ESPN and other ABC-owned stations over Labor Day Weekend

ESPN, ABC, and other channels return to DirecTV subscribers after Disney and the satellite provider struck a deal following a two-week blackout.

DirecTV on Saturday announced it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S. The end of the impasse came in time for sports…

Subscribers will get access to ESPN flagship streaming service

Simington said current rules harm consumers and urged the FCC to “balance the scale” between the way streaming and traditional pay TV services are treated

The nation's third largest pay TV operator has around 11 million customers left

They've been standard equipment in streaming for a decade, of course, but pay TV operator is looking to catch up