Long-time rival DirecTV on Monday said it will pay $1 and assume $9.7 billion in EchoStar debt to acquire Dish Network and its Sling streaming service.

Satellite communications company EchoStar has completed its merger with Dish Network, giving the company a boost as it tries to compete in the US 5G wireless market. EchoStar now owns Dish, which ...

Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen is considering merging the two halves of his telecom empire, Dish and EchoStar, news publication Semafor reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the ...

Terms of an EchoStar debt exchange are being sweetened for bondholders in the hope of completing Dish Network's multibillion-dollar merger into satellite TV rival DirecTV. Douglas County-based ...

Charlie Ergen, founder and chairman of the EchoStar/DISH combination, is reported to be negotiating with some of the company’s bond and debt-holders for exten ...

EchoStar stock plunged 13% Tuesday on the news that bondholders of subsidiary Dish Network rejected a proposed debt deal seen as key to sealing a merger with satellite rival DirecTV.. Shares fell ...

Shares of EchoStar Corporation ( SATS 6.34%) rocketed 56.2% higher in June, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. EchoStar has been embroiled in a controversy with the Federal ...

That cleared the way for TPG-owned DirecTV to acquire EchoStar's video distribution business, including Dish TV and the streaming service Sling TV. TPG will pay just $1, but assume $9.8 billion in ...

EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) stock is surging higher in Friday's trading following some big financial news. EchoStar submitted a ...

Dish Network, which merged into EchoStar at the end of 2023, picked up inexpensive low-band spectrum at auction in 2008 (the 700 MHz E block) and acquired two bankrupt spectrum owners in 2011 ...

EchoStar bought Dish Network in December 2023 and offers wireless service under the Boost Mobile brand. As The Wall Street Journal notes, the firm "has spent years wiring thousands of cellphone ...

President Donald Trump prodded Dish TV parent EchoStar Corp and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr earlier this month to reach an amicable deal over the fate of the company's ...