AT&T nears U.S. approval of $48.5 billion DirecTV merger
July 21, 2015 at 19:31 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Inc is close to wrapping up its deal to buy DirecTV as U.S. telecom and antitrust regulators signaled a green light for the $48.5 billion merger that would create the country's largest pay-TV company.