Guess Who's Getting Remarried?

[SandFarmer]

Just like I said and many argued to the contrary. Just heard it on "Cord Cutters", d¡sh & Echostar are merging.

OK, all those who said it wouldn't happen when I said at least by Q4. Shoulda placed some bets on this one! Humble apologies will be greatly appreciated at the door.

 

[LQQK]

I watched the interview Tuesday.

Dish and EchoStar CEOs.

 

[KAB]

The plan was announced several weeks ago.

 

[sktrus]

Man! I check news every morning with my coffee. Didn't see one article about this.
Monopolies never benefit customers contrary to what big shots claim. Dark day for American capitalism if it happens.

 

[tjboston5676]

Man! I check news every morning with my coffee. Didn't see one article about this.
Monopolies never benefit customers contrary to what big shots claim. Dark day for American capitalism if it happens.

Not sure how it's a monopoly when they were originally the same company and are owned by one person.

 

[sktrus]

Did I get confused? Assumed Dish and Direct were involved. Sorry Boston.

 

[navychop]

The Dish / DirecTV merger (may it never happen) looks a lot like the old Sirius / XM merger. Choice may be to have ONE, or NONE.

Besides, plenty of options for TV - cable and Internet. And with at least three Internet satellite systems going up (not counting geo), the Internet option is growing.

 

[SandFarmer]

The plan was announced several weeks ago.

Why, then when I posted about DTV, d¡sh & Echostar a week or two ago did I got so much "resistance" to the premise of d¡sh and E* reconnecting. Then around Q4 adding DTV? Market talk says that the only result of D and d&E to merge would be the leverage value of the whole OF WHICH all the other talk is Charlie needs $$$$$$$$.

 

[ppappas]

Yup, another news article

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/b...eportedly-set-to-merge-dish-echostar-7a700e66

 

[Jimbo]

And this is News ???
These two were once together, and now will attempt to be again ...

Why exactly did they divorce in the first place ?

 

[tjboston5676]

Why exactly did they divorce in the first place ?

Echostar didn't like Dish seeing Ciel. But now that she's out of the picture....

 

[navychop]

I suspect Echostar was trying to sell their boxes to cablecos and thought the separation advisable.

 

[n0qcu]

I suspect Echostar was trying to sell their boxes to cablecos and thought the separation advisable.

If I remember correctly I believe that is what was posted on this site.

 

[HipKat]

Obviously this is about money and most likely to show that Dish is more favorable to receive larger loans

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Why exactly did they divorce in the first place ?

Tax incentives.


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[Jimbo]

Tax incentives.


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Now you have to ask, WHAT will they be Getting if they RE EMERGE ???

 

[Bruce]

Now you have to ask, WHAT will they be Getting if they RE EMERGE ???

Hopes the debt/bond markets will open back up to Dish after the merger.

Charlie Ergen himself said those markets are closed to Dish, this is the last hail mary.

If that does not work, selling some spectrum, but that gets the FCC involved, based on everything I have read, in my opinion, they seem hostile to Dish.

 

[tanman]

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/dish-reshuffles-retail-positions-denver

 

[MikeD-C05]

Just like I said and many argued to the contrary. Just heard it on "Cord Cutters", d¡sh & Echostar are merging.

OK, all those who said it wouldn't happen when I said at least by Q4. Shoulda placed some bets on this one! Humble apologies will be greatly appreciated at the door.

I suggested this months ago on this web board, as a way for Charlie to have a bigger company funds to draw on and I guess Charlie was reading it because that is exactly what he is doing now.