DirecTV says it will walk away from its merger agreement with Dish Network on November 22 if the company remains unable to reach a specific agreement with some of its creditors. This article, DirecTV says meger agreement with Dish Network could fall apart,

The combination of satellite TV businesses DirecTV and Dish Network depends on a debt exchange that's being made more enticing, EchoStar says.

Dish Network Corp. creditors have rejected the US satellite-television provider’s bond-exchange offer on the eve of a deadline for a debt deal that is key to the company’s proposed acquisition by rival DirecTV.

DirecTV plans to abandon its planned purchase of Dish Network Corp. in 10 days if bondholders don't agree on a debt exchange. “A successful exchange was a condition for acquiring the Dish video business,

DISH and DIRECTV came together to improve the initial debt swap offer to these bondholders, but they still aren’t onboard. All’s not well with the merger between DISH and DIRECTV. The two companies are working toward a deal that would see them combine into the largest pay-TV company in the United States,