An erudite Philadelphia native, Pagon quit a doctoral program in economics at MIT to become an investment banker.

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Pagon is already part of the Fox family, having run affiliates since 1991.

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"It's kind of like being estranged from your wife, but you have kids so you have to relate, " explains Pagon.

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"You're going to see a lot of behind-the-scenes activity with Rupert and Pagon's parties trying to reach an out-of-court settlement, " says satellite analyst Jim C.

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Pagon refused to renegotiate terms, so DirecTV started selling the premium channels to Pegasus' customers directly, causing the NRTC to sue DirecTV for interfering with the NRTC's contract.

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Pagon says he has also been unable to coordinate a viable defense with DirecTV against the encroachments of EchoStar's satellite service, whose market share increased from 39% to 42% in the last year, at DirecTV's expense.

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Pagon started thinking bigger.

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