Having failed to negotiate its way out of its budget-busting supply contracts, ailing Latin American satellite service DirecTV Latin America (DLA) formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

Even though most analysts believe Washington antitrust cops will ultimately approve News Corp.'s $6.6 billion deal with DirecTV, topper Rupert Murdoch has been put through the paces this week.

News Corp. and DirecTV's parent company -- Hughes Electronics Corp. -- are eager to finalize the deal before the end of 2003. The $6.5 billion stock-and-cash transaction would boost the sagging ...

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports media mogul Rupert Murdoch is buying the chance to sell TV shows directly to viewers. It's beginning with his purchase of controlling shares of the company that owns ...

January 16, 2003 24/7 Real Media, Inc. announced yusterday that DIRECTV will use 24/7 Real Media’s Open AdStream Central technology, which manages message delivery from 24/7 Real Media’s servers.

Wednesday's announcement that Rupert Murdoch's media giant News Corp. is buying DirecTV -- the nation's biggest home satellite service -- caused some in the media and entertainment industry to ...