BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$11.6B
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EchoStar Communications Corporation consisted of DISH Network and Echostar technologies before DISH Network was separated in December 2007. The two entities now operate individually as DISH Networks Coporation & Echostar Technologies, LLC.
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NAICS Code Satellite Telecommunications: 517410
Recent Events
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Satellite TV stock gains big in November
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Macy's, Saks, Nordstrom and Best Buy Fall
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TiVo signs on with Google for ad measurement
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Ergen steps down as EchoStar CEO; remains head of Dish Network
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Dish Network CEO: Dividends Are 'Always On The Table For Us'
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Monday's full corporate report
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Bank of America Upgrades DISH Network DISH to Neutral
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Upgrades & Downgrades: Analysts Shopping at Nordstrom
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Deutsche Bank Reaffirms a 'Buy' on DISH Network DISH; Raises PT & Estimates
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Equipment importer pleads guilty to hacking Dish Network signals
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Speculation mounts on TiVo, DISH settlement
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Dish Network Launches Hustler HD Channel
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No Bull: Dish Rides PBR Pact
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Dish Network Dealers Settle With FTC Over 'Do Not Call' Charges
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El Segundo, Calif.-based Hughes Electronics, which operates DirecTV, and Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications, which operates the Dish Network, sued the state in Wake County Superior Court after it refused to refund at least $35 million of sales
RALEIGH -- El Segundo, Calif.-based Hughes Electronics, which operates DirecTV, and Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications, which operates the Dish Network, sued the state in Wake County Superior Court after it ... RALEIGH -- El Segundo, Calif.-based Hughes Electronics, which operates DirecTV, and Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar...
Rival tipped to fight News for Hughes.
Feb 10, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Indications are intensifying that News Corporation may have a rival bidder for US-based DirecTV. Sources said on 9 February 2003 that US telco, SBC Communications, has had preliminary meetings at high level...
Analysts: EchoStar Has Little to Fear from SBC Acquiring DirecTV.
By Kris Hudson, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Like a dangerous wild card, EchoStar's Charlie Ergen always must be accounted for -- even when he doesn't appear to be in the game. Analysts say that remains the case,...
Murdoch at Liberty to make DBS play.
There's one big reason the divorce settlement between EchoStar and DirecTV came months earlier than pretty much anyone expected: General Motors is in a hurry to have Rupert Murdoch come back a-courtin'. GM'S failure to complete the $30 billion sale of DirecTV...
Satellite Television Providers Try to Salver Merger.
Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 28--EchoStar Communications and Hughes Electronics have said they are trying to salvage their $19.3 billion (UKpound 12.4 billion) merger and will file a new proposal with US regulators. The two satellite television...
All Eyes On Murdoch
Byline: MAVIS SCANLON, ALICIA MUNDY, K. C. NEEL, STACI D. KRAMER AND SHIRLEY BRADY At the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, staffers last week were busily preparing for the next round of Who Gets DirecTV? by preparing file folders marked 3M, a waggish rubric for Murdoch, Malone and Microsoft....
EchoStar Discusses Merger Modifications With DoJ
Ideas were bounced back and forth between EchoStar Communications [DISH] and the Department of Justice DoJ this week about ways the company's planned purchase of Hughes Electronics [GMH] could be structured to avoid running afoul of antitrust laws. "We had a meeting with the DoJ Monday," confirmed Marc Lumpkin, EchoStar's...
Lehman Brothers Sees Gloom In FCC's Anti-merger Comments
The forcefulness of the Federal Communications Commission's language in rejecting the proposed merger between EchoStar Communications [DISH] and Hughes Electronics [GMH] led Lehman Brothers [LEH] to conclude the companies will not succeed in revamping and saving the deal. "We believe that any new set of concessions will similarly be viewed...
Down in flames: Charlie Ergen's bid for DirecTV is rocketing toward earth. Can he put it back into orbit or will Murdoch pick up the pieces? (Cover/Story).(EchoStar/DirecTV merger rejected by FCC chairman Michael Powell)(Cover Story)
What's good for General Motors is not good for the country. That's the harsh assessment FCC Chairman Michael Powell delivered in rejecting Charlie Ergen's $30 billion hid to take over DirecTV parent Hughes Electronics, which is controlled by G ...
FCC Rejects EchoStar Request To Buy Hughes Electronics
The Federal Communications Commission opted not to wait any longer and on Thursday formally opposed the proposed merger between EchoStar Communications [DISH] and Hughes Electronics [GMH]. The decision occurred just days after the companies requested a delay to provide further information in hopes of convincing regulators that the deal was...
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