Present rules prevent Dish Network and DirecTV from importing distant local signals during programming related blackouts.

EchoStar and Dish denied the allegations and promised to aggressively fight the suit in court. EchoStar faced high-profile struggles in 2024, including the implosion of a deal with DirecTV that ...

David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images DirecTV, owned by AT&T and private-equity firm TPG, and EchoStar's Dish reportedly are in advanced talks to merge. The Wall Street Journal said a ...

Both DirecTV and Dish now offer online TV bundles that replicate the traditional cable or satellite package. DirecTV had an estimated 11.3 million subscribers at the end of 2023.

Although no Republican member of Congress has called for any official to resign, a few members of Trump's party have joined Democrats in expressing concern about the chat on Signal.