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Telecom M&A: DirecTV-Dish Deal In Peril. Charter To Buy Liberty Broadband.

Satellite TV broadcaster DirecTV has threatened to pull its offer to buy Dish TV if a debt-exchange offer is not completed.

Investors Business Daily

DirecTV-Dish Merger In Jeopardy: Here's The Issue

Dish bondholders rejected DirecTV's revised offer on Monday which lowered the minimum loss on $8.9 billion of bonds

International Business Times

What's Next For EchoStar 5G Network Amid DirecTV-Dish Merger?

Verizon stock, AT&T stock, and T-Mobile stock all have double-digit gains in 2024 while facing little competition from EchoStar's 5G Boost Mobile business.

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AT&T sells cable TV provider amid streaming service takeover

AT&T sold its cable TV provider, effectively exiting the entertainment industry amid declining distribution.

The Street

DirecTV To Merge With Dish Network As AT&T Exits Pay-TV Business

AT&T will sell to private equity firm TPG its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV, which will merge with rival Dish Network.

Investors Business Daily

Will DirecTV and Dish Finally Merge? 'It's Hard to Imagine That Regulators Would Block This Deal,' Analyst Says

But a lack of synergy between the two satellite TV units could render this deal, anticipated for decades, inconsequential, says one analyst

Broadcasting & Cable

Death Spiral? EchoStar’s Already-Hammered Stock Has Dropped 14% Since Friday’s Earnings Report

Analyst predicts satellite company will file for bankruptcy by the end of the year

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Dish and Sling TV Revenue Collapses, Down a Record 10% in Q2

This might be the other shoe dropping for Charlie Ergen’s near-bankrupt parent company, EchoStar

Multichannel News

EchoStar Loses 104K Pay TV Subs in Q2

Sub losses were better than the 294K lost in Q1, 2024 but revenue was down, losses widened and wireless subs declined

TV Tech

EchoStar Posts Q2 Loss as It Sheds 104,000 Pay TV Subscribers

Revenue falls 9%

Multichannel News

DoorDash and Monster Energy are among the 14 companies that cracked the Fortune 500 for the first time

The 14 newcomers in the Fortune 500 have a combined revenue of $144 billion, and the group includes institutions founded in the 19th century, the 20th century and the 21st century.

Fortune

Dish and Hughesnet Form Their First Ever Pay TV/Broadband Bundle

Seems like the two Charlie Ergen-led companies would have done this already before, right?

Broadcasting & Cable

Dish Network‘s Pay TV Business: ’A Melting Ice Cube … on a Hot Day’

With Sling TV subscribers dropping below 2 million for the first time in seven years, Dish’s pay TV engine can no longer keep the larger EchoStar enterprise afloat, analyst says

Multichannel News

EchoStar Loses 348,000 Pay TV Subs in 1st Quarter

Company reports loss of $107.4 million as revenue falls 9%

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Ergen’s EchoStar Concedes ‘Substantial Doubt’ About Its Future

With one analyst calling its debt situation ‘dire,’ the Dish Network parent company admits to the SEC there is doubt about its ability to continue as a ‘going concern’

Multichannel News

EchoStar Posts $2.03 Billion Loss as Dish Network Loses 314,000 Pay TV Subs

Revenue for newly combined company falls 8%

Broadcasting & Cable

Charlie Ergen Makes ‘Inscrutable’ Moves, Shields Parts of Dish Spectrum and Pay TV Biz From Existing Creditors

Equity analysts try to make sense of Dish/EchoStar chairman's latest ‘bewilderingly complicated’ strategery, fear ‘creditor-on-creditor violence’

TV Tech

EchoStar Completes Dish Merger

The completion reunites Charlie Ergen‘s empire and will strengthen the company’s 5G efforts

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Charlie Ergen Buys a Little Time as Dish-EchoStar Merger Closes

As he looks to keep building out his 5G wireless network, Ergen now has access to EchoStar’s $1.9 billion in cash and estimated $265 million in free cash. But it’s all just a 'drop in the bucket,’ analysts say

TV Tech

Hamid Akhavan Joins Dish As President, CEO

In August, it was first announced he would lead the combined Dish-Echostar business

Multichannel News

EchoStar Chief Hamid Akhavan Named CEO of Dish Network

Companies set to be combined by year-end

Investors Business Daily

Dish Reports Q3 Loss, Stock Plunges Continuing 2023 Slide

Dish Network reported third quarter earnings that missed consensus estimates as it swung to a loss. The company's CEO will step down.

Investors Business Daily

Why Dish Has Plenty Of 'Wood To Chop' After EchoStar Merger

Dish Network's merger with EchoStar delivered a one-day boost to beaten-up DISH stock. Now investors are wondering what's next.

Broadcasting & Cable

Sling TV's Sub Base Hits Its Lowest Level in Nearly 6 Years, Dish Loses Ground vs. YouTube TV in the Race For Streaming Pay TV Scale

As for parent company Dish Network, who can worry about pay TV when you're a 5G wireless company looking to stay out of bankruptcy court?

TV Tech

Dish Network, EchoStar to Merge

The all stock deal will strengthen Dish’s ability to fund its 5G rollout and create a powerhouse in mobile and satellite connectivity

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