Ergen To Rosenworcel: Fix ‘Broken’ Retrans Consent Regime
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen late last week made the rounds at the FCC. In a Feb. 2 meeting with FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, Ergen …
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen late last week made the rounds at the FCC. In a Feb. 2 meeting with FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, Ergen …
The company, led by chair Charlie Ergen and CEO Hamid Akhavan, said its goal is to “further unlock incremental strategic, financial and …
Charlie Ergen is nearing a deal to merge his major holdings, Dish Network and EchoStar, a move aimed at giving him the financial flexibility …
“The next step for retrans is down, not up,” the Dish chairman says while drawing his typically hard line amid a protracted impasse with Cox …
The 20-year merger dalliance between satellite TV companies DirecTV and Dish Network has a window to finally consummate following completion …
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen has once again weighed in a potential satellite TV merger between Dish and DirecTV. During Thursday’s 4Q …
Ongoing carriage friction between Dish Network and Sinclair Broadcast Group could soon intensify, with Sinclair warning that 112 of its …
“Our vendors are competing with us in linear TV, so that’s an unhealthy place.” That’s the assessment of Dish founder Charlie Ergen. In …
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen, long one of the lowest paid CEOs in the media industry, broke that mold Friday after the satellite …
With his company’s vMVPD reporting just 16,000 customer additions in the fourth quarter, the Dish chairman concedes the service should have …
The FCC ruled unanimously Tuesday night that Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen improperly bid on $12 billion worth of wireless spectrum back in …
A deal will happen, ‘whether it’s a year from now or 10 years from now,’ he says.
Combining the two fading satellite TV operations isn’t a matter of if but only when, Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen says.
As part of Dish Network’s $1.4 billion agreement last week to purchase around 9 million Boost-branded mobile customers from T-Mobile, the …
Charlie Ergen, the billionaire chairman and former CEO of Dish Network, took home $2.35 million in total pay for 2019, according to an SEC …
Dish’s Charlie Ergen said he has letters from three banks prepared to offer $10 billion to fund the company’s new wireless network as he …
Dish Network’s chances of buying DirecTV could be about as remote as a satellite that’s orbiting the earth. That’s the take from sources …
A smorgasbord of topics this week: (1) I don’t know it for a fact, but I know that it’s true that Charlie Ergen is the money behind Locast, …
Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen, long known for his free-spoken, sharp-elbowed management style, described the company’s carriage …
Dish Network’s Charlie Ergen continues to beat the 5G drum, telling an investor conference that the company could spend up to $10 billion to …
Charlie Ergen, the billionaire chairman and former CEO of Dish Network, was awarded $2.4 million for running the satellite TV service in …
There is simply no way to view the comments by a federal judge last week that he will not issue his decision in the lawsuit filed by the …
What do the two TV entrepreneurs have in common? They are both betting that the future lies in spectrum and the Internet of Things. They …
Charlie Ergen is stepping down as Dish CEO, relinquishing the company’s top executive position to President-CEO Erik Carlson. Ergen, …
Week after week, month after month, year after year, it is hard to remember a time during which Dish Network was not participating in a …
Most know Dish Network for its satellite dishes affixed to the exteriors of millions of U.S. homes. But the $30 billion company is betting …
Counting the $6.2 billion of spectrum he bought in the incentive auction, Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen has now shelled out more than …
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen once promised that he would meet all the broadband needs of consumers with the billions of dollars of …
Dish Chairman-CEO made a rhetorical pivot by billing virtual MVPD services like Sling TV as replacements for traditional pay-TV platforms …
Providers of streaming services such as DirecTV Now and Sling TV typically try to calm the fears of programmers that like the lucrative …
Entering the second month of a blackout that has kept 42 Tribune-owned network affiliates in 33 markets off Dish Network, Charlie Ergen, …
Dish CEO Charlie Ergen said his company was prepared to drop Viacom channels permanently if the satellite provider can’t reach a deal …
The FCC’s newly approved rules aimed at unlocking the pay-TV set-top box business have been getting a lot of attention. But Dish Network CEO …
Charlie Ergen is giving up his president title at Dish Network, which will go to Erik Carlson. Carlson will supervise all Dish …
Dish Network Corp. is in talks to merge with T-Mobile US Inc., people familiar with the matter said, a deal that would accelerate a wave of …
Charlie Ergen, the brash entrepreneurial founder of Dish Network, will take over as CEO of the satcaster following the retirement of …
Charlie Ergen is using a new Web-entertainment service and $50 billion in airwaves to upend pay TV as we know it. The founder of Dish …
Dish has joined two other pay-TV companies, Time Warner Cable and DirecTV, to form the American Television Alliance. ATVA’s strategy, …
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen was in rare form today in his quarterly earnings conference call with analysts and media — …
Dish Network and its chairman, Charles Ergen, have been slapped with a lawsuit over the bankrupt wireless company LightSquared. In the …
Stock prices of satellite-TV companies came hurtling toward Earth Thursday after Charlie Ergen, chairman of the second-largest player in the …
The agreement is the first step toward Dish offering a cable-like service online, but before it launches it’s going to need similar deals …
In the race to deliver TV over the Internet, Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is pulling ahead. And that may have implications for marketers and …
Weeks after withdrawing a $2.2 billion bid to buy bankrupt LightSquared and its 4G spectrum, Charlie Ergen is about to win a government …
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen said he’s still “cautiously optimistic” about reaching a long-term deal with Disney for ABC …
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a Dish Network director, Gary Howard, who resigned in recent weeks did so amid a disagreement over …
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen says large media companies are “essentially monopolies” whose market power is pushing pay TV providers …
Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charlie Ergen said he could end up putting the entire satellite TV company up for sale if he looses his battle …