DirecTV to Acquire Dish in Merger of Satellite TV Rivals VarietyDirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1 CNNAT&T sells stake in DirecTV for $7.6 billion as it exits entertainment biz, as DirecTV buys Dish CBS NewsDirecTV and Dish have spent years trying to merge. It’s finally happening. Yahoo FinanceDirecTV Agrees to Merge With Satellite Rival Dish The Wall Street Journal