In this era of cord cutting the announced merger of DirecTV with Dish/Sling would result in 18 million subscribers, making it the largest pay-TV distributor

DirecTV’s proposed takeover of rival Dish is an admission that the satellite-TV business is fading. Chief Executive Officer Bill Morrow has big ideas about what could come next.

After over a decade of on and off talks, a merger between DirecTV and Dish is poised to become a reality. The deal announced on Monday for the former to acquire the latter for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt will form the largest pay TV operator with around 18 million subscribers -- leapfrogging past Charter Communications and Comcast -- as it looks to stem satellite TV's bleeding from cord-cutting.

Ole Miss suffered its first loss of the season last week while South Carolina bounced back from its first loss of the season two weeks ago with a big win over Akron a week ago.

College football is back, and you can watch several games this weekend. We'll outline the best streaming services to use if you don't have cable.