BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$11.6B
- Private
Dow Jones Description
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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Documentary Channel sheds non-profit status and Nashville Public Television audience
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The Comcast-NBC Universal Merger Could Take Eons
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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
News & Analysis
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DirecTV 'Power' Play?(merger)
- 2007-04-02
By Linda Moss EchoStar, Others Try to Rein In Liberty's Clout Nearly a dozen companies and groups have voiced concern about Liberty Media's $11 billion deal for DirecTV Group, with EchoStar Communications warning federal regulators that...
Wall Street Sizes Up a Satellite Merger.(Brief article)
- 2006-07-24
By Linda Moss EchoStar Rises on DirecTV Deal Talk Rupert Murdoch thinks DirecTV Inc. would pass regulatory muster if it tried to acquire satellite-TV rival EchoStar Communications Corp. - but Wall Street and industry analysts aren't...
The Adelphia deadlock: the FCC is split and lobbyists want conditions put on the sale of the cable-system operator's assets.(Adelphia Communications Corp. assets are acquiring by Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc.)(Federal Communications Commission )
- 2006-02-06
WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. could be forced to renounce exclusive sports-programming deals and pledge to keep their high-speed Internet lines open to all forms of Web content and commerce before federal regulators allow them to WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. and...
Head of EchoStar Says Firm Must Consider Merger if Disney Deal Goes Through.
- 2004-03-05
By Kris Hudson, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Kris Hudson, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
EchoStar Ends Merger Attempt with DirecTV, Pays $600 Million Fee.
- 2002-12-11
By Jennifer Beauprez, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jennifer Beauprez, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
EchoStar and Hughes Terminate Proposed Merger Agreement; EchoStar pays Hughes $600 million; Hughes to Keep PanAmSat Interest
- 2002-12-10
Business Editors
Failed DBS merger may drop dead sooner: Hughes can pull plug on EchoStar deal on Jan. 6. (Business).(Direct Broadcast Service)(Brief Article)
- 2002-12-02
EchoStar and DirecTV acknowledged that they may pull the plug on their merger a couple of weeks earlier than expected. EchoStar's agreement to take over DirecTV parent Hughes Electronics has a drop-dead date of Jan. 21, which means that either side EchoStar and DirecTV...
EchoStar and Hughes terminate proposed merger agreement. (Business).
- 2002-12-01
EchoStar Communications, General Motors and its subsidiary, Hughes Electronics Corporation announced the companies have reached a settlement to terminate the proposed merger of Hughes and EchoStar, effective immediately. Under terms of the settlement EchoStar Communications, General Motors and its subsidiary, Hughes Electronics Corporation announced the...
Murdoch rules on DirecTV.
- 2002-11-06
Nov 06, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) News Corporation executive chairman Rupert Murdoch has mapped out a strategy for acquiring DirecTV in the US. The merger of the pay television entity with rival EchoStar has been disallowed on anti-trust grounds. News Corporation...
Hit or bust.
- 2002-11-05
Nov 04, 2002 (The Economist - ABIX via COMTEX) US regulators have blocked a major merger, but the game is not over yet. On 10 October 2002, the US Federal Communications Commission FCC blocked the merger of EchoStar and Hughes, two giant satellite TV ...
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