Dish TV Owner Loses 168,000 Pay-TV Subs in Q4, Records $17.6B in 2025 Impairments and Expenses

EchoStar ended the year 2025 with 7 million pay-TV subscribers, including around 5 million Dish TV subscribers and 2 million Sling TV subscribers

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EchoStar Ups Stake In Elon Musk’s SpaceX To $11B; Charlie Ergen Returns As CEO Of Dish Network Parent
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EchoStar Ups Stake In Elon Musk’s SpaceX To $11B; Charlie Ergen Returns As CEO Of Dish Network Parent

EchoStar has sold another $2.6 billion in spectrum to Elon Musk's SpaceX, giving the wireless and pay-TV company a stake in the space exploration company worth $11 billion.

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EchoStar Strikes $23 Billion Deal to Sell Spectrum Licenses to AT&T

The deal, part of the firm's efforts to resolve FCC inquiries, "puts our business on a solid financial path, further facilitating EchoStar's long-term success," says CEO and president Hamid Akhavan.

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DirecTV Abandons Deal to Acquire Dish Amid Bondholder Opposition

The mega-transaction would have created the largest U.S. TV provider.

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EchoStar Posts Loss of Dish, Gain of Sling TV Subs in Third Quarter, Raises $5.2B in Fresh Capital

The telecom giant, led by CEO Hamid Akhavan and executive chairman Charlie Ergen, has agreed to be acquired by DirecTV to firm a new pay-TV giant.

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EchoStar Chairman Charlie Ergen Skips Dish Network Parent’s Quarterly Earnings Call As Investor Angst About Debt Keeps Mounting
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https://deadline.com/2024/03/echostar-chairman-charlie-ergen-dish-network-quarterly-earnings-call-debt-1235843161/

EchoStar Chairman Charlie Ergen Skips Dish Network Parent’s Quarterly Earnings Call As Investor Angst About Debt Keeps Mounting

Charlie Ergen's singular voice fell silent Friday as the EchoStar chairman skipped the Dish Network parent's quarterly earnings call.

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EchoStar Loses 314,000 Net Pay TV Subscribers in First Earnings Report Post-Merger

Satellite losses outweighed Sling TV gains in the fourth quarter, says the company led by chairman Charlie Ergen and CEO Hamid Akhavan.

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In Wake Of Dish Merger, EchoStar’s Beleaguered Stock Zooms As Company Explores Potential M&A Scenarios

Shares in EchoStar, which just completed a long-anticipated merger with Dish Network, have jumped more than 35% today after the company said it is officially reviewing its strategic options. While …

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EchoStar Forms Unit for Select Wireless Spectrum Licenses, Will “Evaluate Potential Strategic Alternatives”

The company, led by chair Charlie Ergen and CEO Hamid Akhavan, said its goal is to "further unlock incremental strategic, financial and operating flexibility for its business" following the completion of its merger with Dish Network.

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Dish-EchoStar Reunion Draws Mixed Reaction From Investors As Charlie Ergen Presses On With Pivot From Pay-TV To Wireless
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Dish-EchoStar Reunion Draws Mixed Initial Reaction From Investors

Shares in EchoStar were flat Tuesday morning on the first day of trading since the closing of the wireless firm’s merger with Dish Network. The all-stock deal, announced last summer, official…

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