The FCC is going to approve AT&T’s $48.5 billion DirecTV acquisition

Another day, another multi-billion dollar acquisition by AT&T. Instead of buying out another Mexican company, however, the American telecom giant is about to receive the permission it needs to go through with its $$48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV. After months of regulatory reviews by the FCC, it looks like this year’s biggest media deal is about to receive the federal governments go ahead.