FILE - This file combo made from file photos shows the AT&T logo on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill., left, and a DirecTV satellite dish atop a home in Los Angeles. Seth Perlman, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T’s $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV is set to close after winning approval Friday from the Federal Communications Commission. The Justice Department had already cleared the deal, ...

(RTTNews) - TPG Inc. (TPG), an alternative asset management firm, Monday said it has signed an agreement to acquire its remaining 70 percent stake in AT&T's DIRECTV. AT&T is expected to receive about ...

DALLAS — Dallas-based AT&T is selling its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG Partners for $7.6 billion, ending the communication giant's remaining ties to the entertainment industry.

According to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, conditioned approval of the merger between AT&T and DirecTV is being circulated on the FCC’s 8th Floor. The merger was not expected to run into the same ...