DirecTV shareholders accept $48.5 billion AT&T takeover – but it was almost Dish instead

extremetech-att-dtvOn Thursday, DirecTV shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve AT&T’s offer to acquire the company. Now the only obstacle to merging into AT&T is approval by the FCC and the DOJ. Interestingly, the proxy statement released to shareholders reveals that DirecTV considered merging with Dish instead.
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