AT&T - DISH talks getting hot.

[mperdue]

It looks like AT&T is getting serious about acquiring Dish Network.


Article here

Mario

[Scott Greczkowski]

Why do you think Dish wants to spin off the technology to a seperate company.

The writing is on the wall.

I don't know if it will be AT&T but someone will be buying and taking over Dish Network sometime in the future.

Echostar will continue to own the satellites, the technology and provider the hardware, but another company will run the operations of Dish Network.

[darrencp22]

The question is, is this a good thing? It would seem if someone like AT&T purchased Dish, it would be a nice influx of big $$$.

[RandallA]

Why do you think Dish wants to spin off the technology to a seperate company.

The writing is on the wall.

I don't know if it will be AT&T but someone will be buying and taking over Dish Network sometime in the future.

Echostar will continue to own the satellites, the technology and provider the hardware, but another company will run the operations of Dish Network.

Oh, I think it will be AT&T. They've been partners for a few years now and it's just a matter of agreeing on a price.

[darrencp22]

The other question is, would it be smart of Echostar to continue investing in something they plan on selling? Why add more programming, update software, etc if you're going to sell? They would just be losing money.

[Hall]

You don't operate a business assuming you'll be bought out. You have to continue to operate day after day as if you're in it for the long haul..... Besides, it's not like a buyout offer will just be a "break even" amount.

[schneid]

I am an AT&T Homezone customer. HZ seemed a good idea until it has become obvious to me AT&T has no interest in correcting its many short-comings. Real dish on the otherhand is constantly rolling out software fixes and new features.

[mdonnelly]

The other question is, would it be smart of Echostar to continue investing in something they plan on selling? Why add more programming, update software, etc if you're going to sell? They would just be losing money.

Look at DirecTV. They're in the process of being bought by Liberty Media, but it doesn't look like their programming additions were affected.

[darrencp22]

I wonder... if AT&T bought Dish.. would it keep it as Dish or would it rebrand the whole thing and make it into an AT&T product.

[Scott Greczkowski]

If I had to guess it would be AT&T DISH Network.