LITTLETON and ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—Dish Network Corporation and EchoStar Corporation have announced a definitive agreement for Dish Network to combine with EchoStar Corporation in an all-stock merger.
The deal recombines two companies that were separated in 2008 by Charlie Ergen, chairman of the Board of both Dish Network and EchoStar. Ergen, who controls both companies, founded EchoStar in 1980 and went on to become a pioneer in satellite delivered pay TV in the 1990s.
