After pulling the strings from Dish Network’s boardroom for the last four years, Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen is once again assuming the CEO’s mantle, replacing Joseph Clayton, who will retire on… Read more »
Dish Network has yet to join the mobile industry, but its presence on the sidelines is growing as the FCC’s latest spectrum auction grinds on. Read more »
Sprint-T-Mobile may be dead, but there are potentially many more companies that would like to hyphenate their names with T-Mo. France’s Iliad is preparing a new offer, while Dish Network lurks… Read more »
Now that Sprint has abandoned its pursuit of T-Mobile, the timing is right for Dish Network to finally get into mobile by making a play for the nation’s fourth-largest carrier. Read more »
TV viewing is shifting from televisions to mobile devices, which is one reason why Dish plans to launch an internet TV service by the end of this year. Read more »
Prepare for the next TV blackout: Dish and Disney are currently in negotiations about their next deal, and the Hollywood Reporter is reminding us that their deadline coming up at the… Read more »
Billionaire and would-be 4G entrepreneur Philip Falcone has accepted an SEC settlement requiring him sit out the hedge fund industry for five years. In exchange he gets to keep control of… Read more »
With the three tie-up between Sprint, Clearwire and SoftBank now final, Dish Network is left empty handed. But Dish’s chairman Charlie Ergen is hatching other plans, some of which he’s already… Read more »
Dish set its sights on two big carrier M&A deals, but now it appears to be leaving with nothing. It’s withdrawn its bids for both Clearwire and Sprint. Read more »
The chairman of Dish Networks toned down some of his recent rhetoric against broadcasters on today’s earnings call, and said he is in favor of a subscriber-advertising model for TV. Read more »