Even though most analysts believe Washington antitrust cops will ultimately approve News Corp.'s $6.6 billion deal with DirecTV, topper Rupert Murdoch has been put through the paces this week.

News Corp. and DirecTV's parent company -- Hughes Electronics Corp. -- are eager to finalize the deal before the end of 2003. The $6.5 billion stock-and-cash transaction would boost the sagging ...

As expected, DirecTV has formally walked away from the deal that would have merged the company with rival satellite cable provider Dish Network. “While we believed a combination of DIRECTV and ...

Having failed to negotiate its way out of its budget-busting supply contracts, ailing Latin American satellite service DirecTV Latin America (DLA) formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...