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On September 30, 2024, AT&T announced that they would sell their remaining 70% stake to TPG Inc. for $7.6 billion. Once the transaction is completed, TPG Inc. will have 100% ownership of DirecTV, splitting the company off from AT&T for the first time since 2015. AT&T and TPG Inc. expect the sale to close in the second quarter of 2025. [8]
AT&T is selling its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG a decade after agreeing to buy the satellite TV provider.
AT&T purchased DirectTV 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 in a deal valued at $16.25 billion. Like many traditional TV providers, DirecTV has been dragged down by dwindling demand and other headaches in the ever-evolving media landscape.
DirecTV is majority-owned by AT&T, with a minority stake held by TPG. The service had 11.3 million subscribers (inclusive of AT&T U-verse TV) as of the end of 2023, according to estimates from ...
Craftsy (formerly Bluprint): now owned by TN Marketing; Euronews (25%) - Comcast sold its stake to other stakeholders; SpinCo - corapte spin off channels Syfy [40] (International) USA Network. USA Network (Canada) USA Network (Latin America/Brazil) (joint venture with Canais Globo (50%), distributed by Canais Globo) E! [41] E! (Europe) Oxygen
On September 30, 2024, DirecTV announced its intent to acquire DISH Network, under an arrangement under which TPG Inc. will acquire the remaining stake of DirecTV it does not already own from AT&T, and then acquire DISH Network's video business from Echostar for $1 while assuming its net debt. The combined company would have had a total of ...
AT&T previously spun off DirecTV in 2021, moving it into a joint venture with TPG. The telecom giant took a $15.5 billion impairment charge in 2020 to account for subscriber losses, while Dish has ...
The purchase was completed on December 20, 1985, for an estimated $5.2 billion, with $2.7 billion in cash and the remainder in 50 million shares of GM Class H stock. [ 2 ] On December 31, 1985, General Motors merged Hughes Aircraft with its Delco Electronics unit to form Hughes Electronics Corporation, an independent subsidiary.