Charlie Ergen

Charles (Charlie) Ergen is the founder and co-chairman of Dish Network.

Dish parent Echostar prepares bankruptcy filing

Echostar, the parent of Dish Network and Sling TV, is preparing a bankruptcy filing to shield its wireless spectrum from regulators.

June 6, 2025

The combined company will see Echostar's satellite division paired with Dish and Sling TV's pay television products.

January 2, 2024

Dish CEO Erik Carlson will resign next week after the company reported lackluster financial and subscriber data on Monday.

November 6, 2023

Dish Network says it is re-combining with satellite hardware maker Echostar more than a decade after the two sides split up.

August 8, 2023

Dish and DirecTV have tried to merge several times over the last few decades, with those discussions falling apart each time.

June 9, 2023

Dish Network says less than 10 million customers are paying for its flagship satellite service and streaming product Sling TV.

February 23, 2023

Dish is reportedly exploring ways to divest Boost Mobile to a blank check firm created by the satellite giant's co-founder.

October 13, 2022

Dish chairman Charlie Ergen criticized wireless phone company T-Mobile over its plans to shut down an older-generation network.

April 30, 2021

The FCC says two partner companies didn't qualify for $3.3 billion in discounts.

November 19, 2020

A blank-check company established by the founder and current chairman of Dish Network has cut downsized its IPO.

October 26, 2020

Charlie Ergen's CONX Corp is hoping to raise $1 billion through an initial public offering for an unspecified future merger.

October 2, 2020

YouTube TV pulled nearly two dozen regional sports networks after its deal with Sinclair expired.

October 1, 2020