DirecTV swoops for Dish, AT&T exits TV business

(Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
(Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

DirecTV today (Monday) agreed a deal to buy EchoStar's video distribution business, which includes rival Dish TV, a move that would create the US' largest pay-television operator.

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