DIRECTV and EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) have entered into a definitive agreement under which DIRECTV will acquire EchoStar’s video distribution business DISH DBS (“DISH”), including DISH TV and Sling TV, through […]
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EchoStar fails to find extra cash
EchoStar, the Charlie Ergen-backed business that owns the Dish US pay-TV operator, says that negotiations which have taken place over the past weeks with certain debt-holders and which would have […]
Forrester’s Digest: Satellite bandwidth prices are tumbling…
Paris-based Euroconsult reports that the price of satellite capacity for video services has fallen by 16 percent over the past five years. However, the price for data services has crashed […]
DISH Network Corporation + EchoStar Corporation merge forces
DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) and EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) have entered into a definitive agreement for DISH Network to combine with EchoStar Corporation in an all-stock merger at a […]
New satellite order received by Maxar
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR) has received an order for a direct broadcast satellite from DISH, designated ES XXV. This geostationary (GEO) communications satellite will be operated by DISH […]