EchoStar nears deal to sell Dish to DirecTV with $2 billion debt payment looming, sources say CNBCDirecTV and Dish have spent years trying to merge. It might finally happen. Yahoo FinanceDirecTV, Dish reportedly close to reaching a merger agreement — which could bring in more than 20M subscribers New York Post Satellite-TV rivals DirecTV, Dish reportedly in advanced merger talks MarketWatchDirecTV, Dish Are Close to Clinching Merger Agreement Bloomberg