#echostar
DISH is owned by Echostar Corporation.

EchoStar Corporation owns or operates several major brands and businesses besides DISH Network:

DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Mobile, Gen Mobile, Hughes, Hughesnet, EchoStar Mobile, EchoStar Satellite Services
August 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
10/ He used it again on a satellite company called EchoStar, run by a man named Charlie Ergen. Carr threatened to pull spectrum EchoStar already owned. A Newsmax executive brokered a meeting with Trump. Ergen sold billions in spectrum to AT&T and to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
August 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
DirectTV and EchoStar aren’t happy about Disney and Fubo’s settlement
DirectTV and EchoStar aren’t happy about Disney and Fubo’s settlement
Disney’s plan to merge Hulu + Live TV and Fubo is raising some questions about anticompetition.
buff.ly
January 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
SpaceX competitors AST Spacemobile and EchoStar both got a stock boost following Trump's threats to cut Elon's contracts.
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The orders, issued by the agency’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Space Bureau, aren’t surprising given that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr essentially forced EchoStar to sell the licenses.
FCC angers small carriers by helping AT&T and Starlink buy EchoStar spectrum
Approval is no surprise after FCC chair pressured EchoStar to sell licenses.
arstechnica.com
May 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
SpaceX alleged that EchoStar is underutilizing the 2 GHz band in a recent letter to the FCC, saying it "remains ripe for sharing among next-generation satellite systems."
FCC threatens EchoStar licenses for spectrum that SpaceX wants to use
SpaceX alleged EchoStar is barely using spectrum, said it’s “ripe for sharing.”…
arstechnica.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Elon Musk's SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network.
Musk's SpaceX spends $17 billion to acquire spectrum licenses from EchoStar
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network.
bit.ly
September 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
WSJ - Echostar subsidiary Dish TV filing for bankruptcy. www.wsj.com/pro/bankrupt...
Exclusive | Satellite Pay-TV Provider Dish DBS Prepares for Bankruptcy Filing
The EchoStar unit is preparing for chapter 11 as soon as Tuesday, as it faces regulatory scrutiny over its network build-out.
www.wsj.com
June 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Contracts for Viasat and EchoStar in Europe expire in one year, potentially opening one-third of the continent's mobile satellite spectrum to new competitors. Companies including Starlink and Amazon are expected to pursue access to this capacity.
June 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
AT&T closes $23 billion deal to acquire spectrum from Echostar reut.rs/4x7cp8a
AT&T closes $23 billion deal to acquire spectrum from Echostar
AT&T on Tuesday said ​it completed its $23 ‌billion acquisition of some wireless spectrum ​licenses from ​EchoStar under a ⁠deal announced in ​August 2025.
reut.rs
July 28, 2026 at 11:10 PM
LAUNCH at 2242 UTC Aug 23 of Rocket Lab Electron from Mahia, New Zealand with 5 secret commercial satellites - possibly for Echostar Australia or perhaps E-Space.
August 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network. https://to.pbs.org/41GrFvM
SpaceX pays $17 billion to acquire spectrum licenses from EchoStar
SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network.
to.pbs.org
September 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The SpaceX "Circle Of Life"
This morning we spotted a Falcon 9 booster rolling quickly towards SLC-40, potentially B1085-14, ahead of the EchoStar XXV mission. A short time Later Jerry Pike captured ASOG coming back to drop off B1080-25 before heading out again for EchoStar XXV
nsf.live/spacecoast
March 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Shares of Tesla fell 16% on the day, the biggest fall since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Shares of competitors to Musk's SpaceX, which is private, also rose, with AST Spacemobile up by as much as 5.8% and EchoStar up by more than 15%.
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
LAUNCH at 0419 UTC Mar 10 of a Falcon 9 from Canaveral with the Echostar XXV communications sat
March 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Die EchoStar-Tochter stellt in den USA einen freiwilligen Insolvenzantrag nach Chapter 11 und peilt eine finanzielle und operative Neuaufstellung an. #Telekommunikationsmarkt
Hughes: Satelliten-Internet-Sparte von EchoStar meldet Insolvenz an
Die EchoStar-Tochter stellt in den USA einen freiwilligen Insolvenzantrag nach Chapter 11 und peilt eine finanzielle und operative Neuaufstellung an.
www.heise.de
August 4, 2026 at 3:19 AM
SpaceX partner EchoStar struggles to reach escape velocity ft.trib.al/XxdNHBY | opinion
SpaceX partner EchoStar struggles to reach escape velocity
Charlie Ergen’s future will probably be guided by what happens to Elon Musk’s company
ft.trib.al
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1085-14 launches the Echostar XXV satellite from SLC-40.

youtube.com/watch?v=t1yY...
March 10, 2026 at 8:27 AM
I am so happy to share the super sinister cover for my teen novel, ECHOSTAR! It's a nippy little tech thriller, about a fourteen year old girl called Ruby who downloads an app to help her at school, only to learn that EchoStar is always listening...
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November 24, 2023 at 11:18 AM
Liftoff!

At 12:19am (ET) Tuesday morning, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket. Sent to space was the EchoStar XXV mission, a television broadcast satellite for DISH.

This was the view over the Indian River Lagoon seen from Palm Shores, Florida.
March 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Rather than fight Brendan Carr's FCC, EchoStar decided to sell off its licenses to both SpaceX and AT&T.
EchoStar to sell spectrum to SpaceX after FCC threatened to revoke licenses
Starlink says $17 billion spectrum purchase will improve its cellphone service.
arstechnica.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM