NEW YORK — News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch and DirecTV’s Eddy Hartenstein circled around each other and the subject of their stalled merger at a semiannual satellite industry conference. Both proved to be ...

EchoStar Communications Corp., the country’s No. 2 satellite TV company, touts its proposed buyout of market-leading DirecTV as a vital shot in the arm for competition with the Big Bad Cable Companies ...

El Segundo, Calif. – Amid media reports that News Corp. was seeking to install its own management personnel at Hughes Electronics if the acquisition wins federal regulatory approvals, DirecTV ...

NEW YORK — The battle for satcaster DirecTV could prove mighty dramatic as Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar faces off against Rupert Murdoch. EchoStar entered the fray Thursday, announcing publicly that it ...

HOLLYWOOD — Talks with parties interested in acquiring General Motors’ Hughes Electronics unit are continuing this week, with News Corp. and EchoStar still in the hunt for the DirecTV parent.

increased 10.8% to $2,280.6 million, compared with $2,059.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. EBITDA(1) for the quarter was $118.2 million and EBITDA margin(1) was 5.2%, compared with the fourth ...

increased 11.3% to $2,209.7 million, compared with $1,985.1 million in the second quarter of 2001. EBITDA(1) for the quarter increased 50.1% to $123.1 million compared with $82.0 million in the second ...

DIRECTV Inc., digital satellite television service provider, announced an agreement with St. Louis Cardinals all-star Mark McGwire to be the official spokesman for the 2001 MLB EXTRA INNINGS package ...