http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/05/19/at_t_directv_merger_the_contract_depends_on_an_agreement_with_the_nfl.html

DirecTV may have to renew its NFL Sunday Ticket package, which expires this year, if it wants to be acquired by AT&T.
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