AT&T's DirectTV, Dish May Merge Satellite TV Divisions

AT&T Inc.’s DirecTV and Dish Network Corp., suffering the steepest subscriber losses in the pay-TV industry, are open to a merger and both companies believe such a deal could pass muster with U.S. regulators, according to people familiar with their thinking. It’s been 17 years since a proposed combination of the two satellite-TV services was…