Given that both DBSD and Blockbuster are going through bankruptcy, their assets might seem less attractive on the surface.

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In 2011, he acquired a couple of companies, Terrestar and DBSD North America, that most people have never heard of.

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McCaw has also been involved in recent very complicated transactions regarding DBSD and Terrestar, both communications companies that have been in bankruptcy in recent years.

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It must be noted that Dish Network bought a large amount of wireless spectrum with the acquisitions of Terrestar and DBSD North America last year, and it plans to launch a broadband network.

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