12 posts and columns on Dish Networks

Dish Bought Blockbuster to Open Wireless Stores

in Media on February 11 at 7:34 pm PT

“Because we got delayed on wireless, it hasn’t worked out exactly as we planned,” Chairman Charlie Ergen said in an interview at D: Dive Into Media.
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Dish Chairman: “I Think People Are Cutting the Cord”

in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 7:12 pm PT

“I think we ought to be hooking people on pay TV when they are young,” Charlie Ergen said at D: Dive Into Media. “If we are getting run out of town, I want to get in front of that.”
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Meet the Man Who Wants to Blow Up the TV Business: Dish Network’s Charlie Ergen Comes to Dive Into Media

in Dive Into Media on December 18, 2012 at 8:44 am PT

A rare appearance from a maverick billionaire with big plans.
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Dish Network Adds Internet Service, Aimed at Rural Areas

in News on September 30, 2012 at 6:02 am PT

Dish Network Corp. plans to launch a nationwide broadband service next Monday under the brand dishNET, hoping to add a new revenue stream on top of its pay-television business.

The Truth About Pay TV: It’s Still Not Shrinking

in Media on August 3, 2012 at 3:00 am PT

Reuters says 400,000 Americans have stopped paying for TV this year. That’s not true.
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No Cable? No Problem, AMC Tells “Breaking Bad” Fans.

in Media on July 16, 2012 at 6:02 am PT

Yet another example of the pay-TV industry reminding viewers that they don’t need a pay-TV subscription to watch their favorite shows.
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Pay-TV Guys Tell Customers How to Watch TV Without Paying. Again.

in Media on July 11, 2012 at 11:49 am PT

Another programming fee fight means another lesson in cord-cutting, courtesy of the cord-sellers.
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Dish Network Doesn’t Want to Blow Up TV. It Wants to Pay Less for It.

in Media on May 25, 2012 at 8:48 am PT

How to negotiate, Charlie Ergen-style. Threaten, kind of credibly, to blow everything up.
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Cable Fee Fight Takes Another Turn as Dish Networks Uses iTunes, Netflix and Amazon as Weapons

in Media on May 7, 2012 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?
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Dish Gets Ready to Serve Up Broadband and a Giant DVR

in Media on January 8, 2012 at 8:11 am PT

A pre-CES leak reveals some cool stuff, but not the Web-based cable killer some of you are rooting for.
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FCC Vote: Reactions Are Pouring In

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