M&A, IP, Patents DirecTV and Dish Network are in renewed talks to merge their satellite TV businesses, according to Bloomberg. The discussions between DirecTV and Dish parent EchoStar Corp are in the early stages. Philippine tower companies PhilTower and Miescor Infrastructure Development Corp (MIDC) have merged to create a portfolio of more than 3,300 towers with a pipeline of 2,100 orders. The new towerco is owned by a group of investors, including Macquarie Capital, Stonepeak, Manila Electric, and Global Network. The European Commission’s floppy haired Commissioner for Internal Markets, Thierry Breton, has quit. He published his resignation on X, blaming EC president Ursula von der Leyen for pushing him out and accusing her of “questionable governance”. The impact of his…