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The satellite TV giant, which is now fully owned by the private equity firm, expects to increase its investments in video ...
Private equity firm TPG completed its $7.6 billion purchase of the 70% stake it didn't already hold in DirecTV from AT&T. Why ...
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DirecTV Has a New Owner
DirecTV, the satellite TV and streaming provider, is now under new corporate ownership. AT&T has finished selling its stake ...
AT&T announced earlier this year that it would spin its video properties DirecTV, AT&T TV, and U-verse into a new company it would co-manage with private equity firm TPG Capital. That transaction ...
TPG, an alternative asset management firm, has announced the completion of its acquisition from AT&T of the remaining 70 per ...
The pact with TPG implies an enterprise value of $16.25 billion, a far cry from the $48.5 billion that AT&T paid for DirecTV in 2015. AT&T will own the remaining 70% of the new entity.
AT&T purchased DirecTV for $48.5 billion back in 2015. But in 2021, following the loss of millions of customers, AT&T sold a 30% stake of the business to TPG.
TPG said it will invest in DIRECTV through TPG Capital, the firm's U.S. and European private equity platform. DIRECTV also plans to make a special distribution of at least $1.625 billion to its ...
DirecTV will take on $9.75 billion of Dish debt if the deal is completed. In a related transaction also announced today , private equity firm TPG plans to buy AT&T's 70 percent stake in DirecTV.
DirecTV to Acquire Dish and Sling TV, Creating Largest U.S. TV Provider. The merger of EchoStar's video businesses and DirecTV will also coincide with TPG agreeing to buy out the 70 percent of ...
TPG, the massive private-equity firm whose holdings include CAA and DirecTV, has set the price of its initial public offering at $29.50 per share, offering 33,900,000 shares of Class A common stock.
The deal calls for AT&T to sell a 30 percent stake in DirecTV, AT&T TV and its U-Verse to TPG in exchange for $1.8 billion in cash.