Charlie Ergen

Dish Network Doesn’t Want to Blow Up TV. It Wants to Pay Less for It.

Peter Kafka in Media on May 25 at 8:48 am PT

How to negotiate, Charlie Ergen-style. Threaten, kind of credibly, to blow everything up.

Cable Fee Fight Takes Another Turn as Dish Networks Uses iTunes, Netflix and Amazon as Weapons

Peter Kafka in Media on May 7 at 12:07 pm PT

Wait long enough, or pay enough, and you can see repeats of last night’s “Mad Men” in lots of places. So why pay to see it on cable last night?

Voices

Dish, Icahn Make Bids for Blockbuster

Mike Spector, Reporter, The Wall Street journal in News on April 1, 2011 at 8:42 am PT

Dish Network Corp., the satellite-television company controlled by Charlie Ergen, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have each submitted bids for Blockbuster Inc. ahead of a bankruptcy court auction next week, said people familiar with the matter.

FCC Vote: Reactions Are Pouring In

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 21, 2010 at 12:52 pm PT

Now that the FCC’s vote on net neutrality rules is official, reactions are pouring in from every quarter. No one seems especially happy.

Sirius: Sorry, Charlie

John Paczkowski in News on February 17, 2009 at 6:09 am PT

Looks like Sirius XM can shelve that bankruptcy filing it’s been preparing these past few weeks–for the time being, anyway. This morning, the struggling satellite radio company announced an 11th-hour deal with John Malone’s Liberty Media that will allow it to meet a Feb. 17 debt deadline that might otherwise have forced the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection or a deal with satellite mogul Charlie Ergen. Sirius shares are up an astonishing 85.89 percent on news of the deal.

Call Me Mel "Save-My-Own-Keister" Karmazin

John Paczkowski in News on February 13, 2009 at 7:49 am PT

Sirius XM is ready to seek bankruptcy protection. The company has warned investors that it’s prepared to file Chapter 11. It has hired bankruptcy and restructuring advisers. And it has filled out the necessary paperwork. But it may never file it. “People familiar with the situation” tell The Wall Street Journal that Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin and satellite mogul Charlie Ergen are moving closer to an accord that would save the struggling satellite radio outfit from having to file Chapter 11.

Call Me Mel “Save-My-Own-Keister” Karmazin

John Paczkowski in News on February 13, 2009 at 7:49 am PT

Sirius XM is ready to seek bankruptcy protection. The company has warned investors that it’s prepared to file Chapter 11. It has hired bankruptcy and restructuring advisers. And it has filled out the necessary paperwork. But it may never file it. “People familiar with the situation” tell The Wall Street Journal that Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin and satellite mogul Charlie Ergen are moving closer to an accord that would save the struggling satellite radio outfit from having to file Chapter 11.