A Dish-DirecTV deal may not improve satellite’s fate much, but bonds still rally
Dish junk bonds and EchoStar’s stock see gains, with Dish and DirecTV again said to be in talks about combining
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High-yield bonds issued by EchoStar Corp.’s Dish Network cable-TV business were among the biggest gainers in the U.S. junk-bond market on Monday, after a report that Dish may be merged with DirecTV.
The report by Reuters said that AT&T T and its joint-venture partner TPG TPG are in early stage talks on a deal , citing a person familiar with the matter.