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Ergen still expects DTH consolidation

Charlie Ergen, chairman of DISH Network and EchoStar, says he believes that some sort of merger between his own DISH Network and AT&T’s DirecTV is inevitable. “Is it one month from now or two years from now? I don’t know,” he said during a conference call with analysts reviewing DISH’s Q2 results. DISH’s subscriber numbers […]

August 10, 2020By Chris Forrester

Dish Network prices $1bn debt borrowing

Charlie Ergen’s move into cellular telephony is proving to be costly. A $1 billion debt offering of Senior Notes by Dish Network has been priced at 7.35 per cent. The debt is due for repayment by 2028. As a comparison last week SES offered a €400 million Eurobond, also due for repayment in 2028, and […]

June 29, 2020