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.

A debt exchange key to DirecTV’s plans to merge with Dish is expected to fall short ahead of Tuesday deadline.

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,

A group of creditors associated with Echostar's pay television service Dish Network have rejected a bond exchange offer from the company. This article, Dish creditors reject bond exchange, raising questions about DirecTV acquisition,