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Signage is displayed outside Tegna Inc. headquarters in McLean, Virginia, U.S., on Friday, March, 13, 2020. Comedian and TV producer Byron Allen has made a $20-a-share, all-cash offer for Tegna in a deal that values the TV station owner at $8.5 billion, including debt, according to a person familiar with the situation. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Opponents Urge FCC to Reject Nexstar-Tegna Takeover

By George Winslow Published

Business Unions, Free Press, Echostar, DirecTV, Circle City, pay TV groups and others say deal is not in the public interest, would violate ownership caps

Business
Woman smiling while using an phone on an AT&T network
AT&T to Acquire Spectrum Licenses from EchoStar for $23 Billion

By George Winslow Published

The deal will provide EchoStar with cash to pay down its massive debts and strengthen AT&T position in the 5G and home internet marketplaces in ways that could hurt the cable sector

FCC
Dish
FCC Opens Review of EchoStar’s 5G, Satellite Spectrum

By George Winslow Published

Elon Musk's SpaceX has also filed a letter with the FCC urging it take away some of Dish's satellite spectrum

Satellite
A Dish Network satellite dish
EchoStar Urges FCC to Reduce Blackouts with Major Rule Changes

By George Winslow Published

Regulation Dish's owner wants regulator to allow it to import stations to replace network affiliates during retransmission consent blackouts

Regulation
Sling TV Unlimited DVR Plus promo
Sling TV Launches Unlimited DVR To Remain Competitive

By Tom Butts Published

Streaming Customers can add the feature for an extra $5 per month

Streaming
Dish TV and DirecTV recievers on the roof of a home in Wrightwood, Calif.
DirecTV Drops EchoStar Merger Bid

By Tom Butts Published

Bondholders reject deal over debt load

Business
Dish TV satellite dish
Sling TV Adds 145,000 Pay TV Subs While Dish Sheds 188,000 in Q3

By George Winslow Published

Total pay TV subs for the EchoStar division were down 43K, an improvement over the 64K lost in Q2

Insights
Satellite
And Then There Was One: DirecTV, Dish to Merge

By Tom Butts Published

BUSINESS Merger, which is expected to get regulatory approval, worth nearly $10B

BUSINESS
Dish Network
EchoStar Loses 104K Pay TV Subs in Q2

By George Winslow Published

Sub losses were better than the 294K lost in Q1, 2024 but revenue was down, losses widened and wireless subs declined

Business
Hughes EXM facility
Hughes Opens Manufacturing Facility and Private 5G Incubation Center in Maryland

By George Winslow Published

The facility will also serve as a testing ground for private 5G solutions

Business
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