DISH Network, the US pay-TV broadcaster, has reported revenue totalling $4.53 billion (€3.81bn) for the quarter ending September 30th 2020, compared to $3.17 billion for the corresponding period in 2019. Net income attributable to DISH Network totalled $505 million for the third quarter 2020, compared to $353 million from the year-ago quarter. Diluted earnings per […]
The prospects of some sort of merger of satellite operators in North America, between Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network and AT&T’s DirecTV, or perhaps a European consolidation between SES and Eutelsat, has generated plenty of media comment over the past weeks. However, a virtual meeting of senior executives on September 24 at the Avia (Asia Video […]
A report from Standard & Poors Market Intelligence (S&P) by Sarah Barry-James suggests that the potential for some sort of ‘merger’ between AT&T’s DirecTV and Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network poses risks. Ergen is on the record as saying that a combination of the two DTH pay-TV giants is “inevitable”. But S&P reminds readers that Constantine […]
The top 10 service providers in the US collectively lost 1.52 million television subscribers in the second quarter of 2020, according to the informitv Multiscreen Index. Eight of the top 10 service providers in the US that report figures lost
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 […]
DISH Network Corporation, the US DTH broadcaster, has reported Q2 revenue totaling $3.19 billion (€2.7bn) for the quarter ending June 30th 2020, compared to $3.21 billion for the corresponding period in 2019. Net income attributable to DISH Network totaled $452 million for the second quarter 2020, compared to $317 million from the year-ago quarter. Diluted […]
ViacomCBS has reached a new multi-year renewal of its carriage agreement with Dish Network in the US. The agreement keeps the ViacomCBS broadcast and cable networks on Dish and its Sling TV virtual multichannel video programming distributors. Dish has been focused on its move into wireless with Boost Mobile. ViacomCBS signed distribution renewals with Verizon […]
Charlie Ergen’s pay-TV operation Dish Network is offering the financial market $1 billion of fresh financing in the form of new Senior Notes. The net proceeds of the offering are intended to be used for general corporate purposes. The offering of this fresh debt goes only to qualified institutional investors. Pricing and precise terms have […]
Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network move into wireless, helped by its $1.4 billion acquisition of Sprint’s Boost Mobile subsidiary, will close on July 1st. Part of the purchase agreement was payment by Dish of an additional $3.5 billion for T-Mobile’s spectrum licenses. A June 17th filing to the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) made by […]