DirecTV

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Finance & Law

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
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Monday Night Football, ESPN's weekly showpiece NFL game, will be available to DirecTV's 11 million customers tonight (Monday) after the carriage dispute with Disney was finally resolved.
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DirecTV has accused Disney of negotiating in bad faith, as their carriage dispute enters a second week and intensifies ahead of the return of the NFL's Monday Night Football
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Disney and DirecTV failed to agree on a licensing deal, leading to Disney-owned channels — including ESPN and ABC — going dark Sunday night in the middle of US Open broadcasting and just before a marquee col…
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Diamond Sports Group, the regional sports network (RSN) owner and operator that is fighting to come out of bankruptcy, has suffered a blow after its carriage deal with Comcast expired without a new agreement in place.
Mixed Martial Arts
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The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced a multi-year expanded deal with Torneos for live and on-demand PFL and Bellator Champions Series events in Latin America
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

As the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League seasons commence, Diamond Sports Group (DSG), the owner and operator of 19 Bally Sports regional sports networks (RSNs), has filed motions…
American Football
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Pay-television operator DirecTV is to continue offering the out-of-market streaming service NFL Sunday Ticket in the United States territories of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands, despite having lost…
American Football
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Pay-television operator DirecTV has announced a multi-year renewal of its agreement with NFL Media to carry NFL Network and add NFL RedZone to all its platforms for the first time
American Football
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DirecTV and EverPass Media, a new media platform created by the National Football League and RedBird Capital Partners, have announced a multi-year deal to air NFL Sunday Ticket at commercial establishments…
Baseball
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DirecTV for Business has reached an agreement with Amazon Prime Video to distribute the entire 20-game slate of New York Yankees Major League Baseball regular-season games being shown on the streaming…
Baseball
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Apple TV+ doubleheader broadcasts of Friday Night Baseball will require a subscription, while DirecTV will this year air the games in commercial establishments in the United States
Baseball
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DirecTV will sponsor USA Baseball's team at the upcoming 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) in a deal that includes a jersey patch on the left sleeve of the Americans' uniforms
Football
Fan Engagement

Mobile carrier T-Mobile is providing Major League Soccer's MLS Season Pass on Apple TV free to its customers and Metro by T-Mobile customers under a company promotion
NFL
Finance & Law

A U.S. judge has ruled that the National Football League must face a $6bn (€5.6bn) class action lawsuit alleging the league unlawfully limited the amount of games shown and drove up the cost of its Sunday Ticket package. 
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Guillermo Barreto, associate vice-president of sports content programming at DirecTV Latin America, is leaving the pay-TV broadcaster after 23 years
Futsal
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The Spanish futsal clubs association has struck a deal in Brazil with streaming operator DirecTV Go for audiovisual rights to the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala (LNFS), Spain’s national futsal league.
NFL
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Amazon has secured a multiyear deal with satellite TV provider DirecTV to ensure distribution of Prime Video’s exclusive National Football League Thursday Night Football telecasts to more than 300,000 sp…